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Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase gene polymorphisms and adverse outcomes in acute kidney injury.
Nephron. Clinical practice - 1 Jan 2010
Alam Ahsan, O'Connor Daniel T, Perianayagam Mary C, Kolyada Alexey Y, Chen Yuqing, Rao Fangwen, Mahata Manjula, Mahata Sushil, Liangos Orfeas, Jaber Bertrand L
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: The catecholaminergic pathway is important in the physical stress response; however, its role is not well understood in acute kidney injury (AKI). We studied single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PNMT), the terminal enzyme of the catech...
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