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Pulmonary diffusing capacity, serum angiotensin-converting enzyme activity and the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene in Japanese non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients.
Diabetes research and clinical practice - 1 Mar 1999
Isotani H, Nakamura Y, Kameoka K, Tanaka K, Furukawa K, Kitaoka H, Ohsawa N
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the independent change in pulmonary diffusing capacity (DLCO) as one manifestation of pulmonary microangiopathy and to analyze the correlation between DLCO and serum ACE. We also examined the association between DLCO and the ACE genes. We examined pulmonary functions, especially %DLCO/VA (DLCO corrected by alveolar volume, percent predicted) in 54 NIDDM patients and 34 age-matched normal control...
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