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The effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism on the progression of immunoglobulin A nephropathy in Malaysian patients.
Singapore medical journal - 1 Nov 2008
Draman C R, Kong N C, Gafor A H, Rahman A F, Zainuddin S, Mustaffa W M, Radzi A M, Shamsul A S
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INTRODUCTION: Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism, especially the deletion/deletion (DD) genotype, is associated with the disease progression of immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy patients in various studies from both Asia Pacific and European populations. However, recent studies within the same populations were unable to reproduce the same results. Hence, we had studied the distribution of the...
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