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Renin-angiotensin system polymorphisms: a risk factor for progression to end-stage renal disease in vesicoureteral reflux patients.
Renal failure - 1 Jan 2009
Akman B, Tarhan C, Arat Z, Sezer S, Ozdemir F N
Abstract excerpt
Aim. Renin-angiotensin system (RAS) gene mutations have been implicated as a risk factor for the presence and progression of renal disease in vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). However, the results are contradictory, and the effects of RAS polymorphisms in VUR patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have not been defined yet. This study was designed to evaluate the angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion...
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