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High cystatin C levels predict severe retinopathy in type 2 diabetes patients

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This work was supported by Grants (Nos. 81270397 and 81070650) from the Natural Science Foundation of China.

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  1. Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Clinical Medical Center of Diabetes, Shanghai Key Clinical Center of Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute for Diabetes, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes, Shanghai, 200233, China

    Rui He, Jing Shen, Hui Zeng, Lianxi Li, Fang Liu & Weiping Jia

  2. Department of Vascular Surgery, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai, 200233, China

    Jun Zhao

  3. Department of Interventional Radiology, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai, 200233, China

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He, R., Shen, J., Zhao, J. et al. High cystatin C levels predict severe retinopathy in type 2 diabetes patients. Eur J Epidemiol 28, 775–778 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-013-9839-2

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