Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 102-108 , March 2010

Association of the functional A118G polymorphism of OPRM1 in diabetic patients with foot ulcer pain

  • Kuang-I Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Shiu-Ru Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Research, Fooyin University and Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Lin-Li Chang

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Microbiology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jaw-Yuan Wang

      Affiliations

    • Division of General and Gastroenterologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shin-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 7 3121101x7676; fax: +886 7 3111482.
    • Chung-Sheng Lai and Jaw-Yuan Wang contributed equally to this article.
    • ,
  • Chung-Sheng Lai

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shin-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 7 3121101x7676; fax: +886 7 3111482.
    • Chung-Sheng Lai and Jaw-Yuan Wang contributed equally to this article.

Received 30 July 2008 ,Revised 22 December 2008 ,Accepted 4 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2009.02.003

Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 102-108 , March 2010

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