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February 4, 2010SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaOpen Access

Genetic Variation at Selected SNPs in the Leptin Gene and Association of Alleles with Markers of Kidney Disease in a Xhosa Population of South Africa

Ikechi G. Okpechi Brian Rayner Lize van der Merwe Bongani M. Mayosi Adebowale Adeyemo Nicki Tiffin Raj Ramesar

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These results suggest that genetic variations of the LEP may be associated with phenotypes that are markers of CKD in black Africans.

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