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Null association between ACE gene I/D polymorphism and diabetic nephropathy among multiethnic Malaysian subjects
1 Jan 2010
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BACKGROUND: Wide inter-ethnic allelic variations of the Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) i nsertion-deletion (I/D) gene polymorphism were thought to be responsible for the conflicting gene-diabetic nephropathy disease association worldwide. We have investigated the genetic susceptibility of the ACE gene to diabetic nephropathy in the multiethnic Malaysian population. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 137...
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