Article
[ACE gene polymorphism and renal scarring in children with urinary tract infection and vesicoureteric reflux: preliminary results].
Polski merkuriusz lekarski : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego - 1 Feb 2003
Kowalewska-Pietrzak Magdalena, Młynarski Wojciech, Młodkowska Ewa, Kozłowski Janusz, Kubryn Izabela, Gadzicki Mariusz, Bodalski Jerzy
Abstract excerpt
To investigate angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene deletion/insertion (D/I) polymorphism as a risk factor of renal scarring in children, we determined ACE genotypes in 63 paediatric patients with primary vesicoureteric reflux (VUR) grade I-V and recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI). Renal cortical scars were evaluated applying Technetium-99-m-unithiol SPECT method in 21 children. No statistically...
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