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Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism in Kuwaiti patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Al-Awadhi A M, Haider M Z, Sharma P N, Hasan E A, Botaiban F, Al-Herz A, Nahar I, Al-Enezi H, Al-Saeid K
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the frequency of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism genotypes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and to study the correlation between I/D polymorphism of the ACE gene and the clinical manifestations of SLE, especially vascular involvement, lupus nephritis and disease severity. METHODS: The frequency of ACE gene I/D...
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