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ACE gene polymorphism and serum ACE activity in Iranians type II diabetic patients with macroalbuminuria.
Molecular and cellular biochemistry - 1 Jan 2011
Felehgari Vahid, Rahimi Zohreh, Mozafari Hadi, Vaisi-Raygani Asad
Abstract excerpt
There are controversial results related to the contribution of insertion (I)/deletion (D) polymorphism of the angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) in the development of diabetic nephropathy. To assess the distribution of this polymorphism in diabetic patients with and without nephropathy we studied 140 unrelated type 2 diabetic patients from the Kermanshah Province of Iran with ethnic background of Kurds...
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