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Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism studies in Asian Indian pregnant women biochemically identifies gestational diabetes mellitus.
Journal of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system : JRAAS - 1 Dec 2014
Khan Imran A, Jahan Parveen, Hasan Qurratulain, Rao Pragna
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INTRODUCTION: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as glucose intolerance first recognized during pregnancy. Insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of a 287 bp Alu repetitive sequence in intron 16 of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene has been widely investigated in Asian Indian populations with different ethnic origins. The present study examined possible association between I/D polymorphism...
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