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Genetic risk factors for renal failure among north Indian ESRD patients.
Clinical biochemistry - 1 May 2008
Tripathi Gaurav, Sharma Raj Kumar, Baburaj Vinod Pandirikkal, Sankhwar Satya Narayan, Jafar Tabrez, Agrawal Suraksha
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OBJECTIVES: Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE), G-Protein couple receptor (G-Prot), endothelial nitric oxide synthase (ecNOS), Leptin -2548G/A and uncoupling protein (UCP2) are potent regulators of intra renal hemodynamics and may be the causative factors contributing to the deterioration of renal functions. In recent years few studies have been published to show the association of these markers with the end...
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