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Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism is associated with proliferative diabetic retinopathy: a meta-analysis.
Acta diabetologica - 1 Dec 2010
Zhou Jian-Bo, Yang Jin-Kui
Abstract excerpt
The association of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism with diabetic retinopathy (DR) was investigated in many studies with conflicting results. To shed light on these inconclusive findings, a meta-analysis of all available studies relating I (insert)/D (delete) polymorphism to the risk of developing DR was conducted. This meta-analysis included genotype data on 2,342 cases with DR and 2,048...
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