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Association between ACE polymorphism and risk of IgA nephropathy: a meta-analysis.
Journal of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system : JRAAS - 1 Sept 2011
Qin Yuan-Han, Zhou Tian-Biao, Su Li-Na, Lei Feng-Ying, Huang Wei-Fang, Zhao Yan-Jun
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: and objective: The effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism on risk or progression of immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is still debated.Therefore, a meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the association of ACE gene polymorphism with IgAN in different ethnic groups. METHOD: A predefined search strategy was performed to collect data from electronic...
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