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Genetic combination of angiotensin-converting enzyme with methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphisms and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Bahrain.
Journal of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system : JRAAS - 1 Mar 2015
Al-Harbi Einas M, Farid Eman M, Gumaa Khalid A, Darwish Abdulla H, Alenizi Mohammad, Singh Jaipaul
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INTRODUCTION: Bahrain has a high prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Previously, Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism was found to be associated with T2DM in Bahrainis. The relationship between the disease progression in Bahraini T2DM population and the genetic polymorphism of methylene-tetrahydrofolate-reductase (MTHFR) C677T is still under investigation. AIM: The...
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