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 ,

  * E-mail: ikokpechi@yahoo.com

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Brian L. Rayner,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Lize van der Merwe,

  Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Bongani M. Mayosi,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Adebowale Adeyemo,

  Affiliation Centre for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Nicki Tiffin,

  Affiliation Division of Human Genetics, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Rajkumar Ramesar

  Affiliation Division of Human Genetics, Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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