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Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene II genotype protects against the development of diabetic peripheral neuropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Journal of diabetes - 1 Sept 2012
Mansoor Qaisar, Javaid Amara, Bilal Nighat, Ismail Muhammad
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BACKGROUND: Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is one of the complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) that decreases the quality of life of T2DM patients. Very few studies have found an association between the development and progression of DPN in T2DM and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphisms. METHODS: Using gene-specific primers in a polymerase chain reaction,...
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