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High prevalence of ACE DD genotype among north Indian end stage renal disease patients.
BMC nephrology - 17 Oct 2006
Tripathi Gaurav, Dharmani Poonam, Khan Faisal, Sharma R K, Pandirikkal Vinod, Agrawal Suraksha
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BACKGROUND: The Renin-Angiotensin system (RAS) is a key regulator of both blood pressure and kidney functions and their interaction. In such a situation, genetic variability in the genes of different components of RAS is likely to contribute for its heterogeneous association in the renal disease patients. Angiotensin converting enzyme-1 (ACE-1) is an important component of RAS which determines the vasoactive...
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