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Frequency of angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism in Turkish type 2 diabetic patients.
International journal of clinical practice - 1 Oct 2005
Degirmenci I, Kebapci N, Basaran A, Efe B, Gunes H V, Akalin A, Kurt H, Urhan M, Demirustu C
Abstract excerpt
We aimed to investigate the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism, ACE activity and their associations with diabetic complications in Turkish patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. A total of 143 patients and 133 controls were screened for ACE gene I/D polymorphism by using polymerase chain reaction. Serum ACE activities were determined spectrophotometrically. There was no significant difference...
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