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Relationship between the renin-angiotensin system genes and diabetic nephropathy in the Chinese.
Chinese medical journal - 1 May 2000
Wu S, Xiang K, Zheng T, Sun D, Weng Q, Zhao H, Li J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To clarify whether genetic variants of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) contribute to the development of diabetic nephropathy (DN) in the Chinese. METHODS: Totally 173 Chinese subjects of Han nationality from Shanghai were classified into! control, DN (-) and DN (+) groups. The latter was subdivided according to diabetic duration at the onset of DN and the stage of DN. Genotyping of five polymorphic...
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