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Associations between clinical characteristics and angiotensin-converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism in Moroccan population with Type-2 diabetic nephropathy.
Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation : an official publication of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Saudi Arabia - 1 Jan 2000
Mansouri Maria, Zniber Amal, Boualla Lamia, El Badaoui Ghizlane, Benkacem Mariam, Rifai Kaoutar, Chraibi Abdelmjid, Benamar Loubna, Sefiani Abdelaziz, Bayahia Rabia
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Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is one of the severe complications of Type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and a major cause of end-stage renal disease in these patients. Results from published studies on the relationship between angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) insertion/ deletion (I/D) gene polymorphism and patients with DN are still conflicting. We compared the clinical characteristics and the genotype frequencies of...
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