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Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphisms and T2DM in a case-control association study of the Bahraini population.
Molecular and cellular biochemistry - 1 Apr 2011
Al-Harbi Einas M, Farid Eman M, Gumaa Khalid A, Masuadi Emad M, Singh Jaipaul
Abstract excerpt
Bahrain has one of the highest incidence rates of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Development of diabetic nephropathy (DN) as a complication was noticed in some patients while absent in others. This interesting observation raises the role of certain genetic risk factors for the development of DN. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism was found to be associated with T2DM. While...
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