Article
Association of angiotensin converting enzyme and angiotensin type 2 receptor gene polymorphisms with renal damage in posterior urethral valves.
Journal of pediatric urology - 1 Dec 2010
Laksmi Narasimhan Kannan, Narasimhan Kannan Laksmi, Khullar Madhu, Madhu Khullar, Kaur Balpinder, Balpinder Kaur, Ahuja Monica, Monica Ahuja, Mahajan Jai Kumar, Kumar Mahajan Jai, Mittal Bhagwant Rai, Rai Mittal Bhagwant, Bhattacharya Anish, Anish Bhattacharya, Medhi Bikash, Bikash Medhi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association with renal damage in patients with posterior urethral valves (PUV) of two renin-angiotensin system gene polymorphisms: angiotensin converting enzyme insertion/deletion (ACE I/D) and angiotensin type 2 receptor (AT2R A1332G), PATIENTS AND METHODS: In 120 patients with PUV, after stabilization, transurethral fulguration or a Blocksom vesicostomy was performed. Records were...
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