Angiotensin-converting enzyme polymorphism and development of diabetic nephropathy in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

doi:10.1159/000188645

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Angiotensin-converting enzyme polymorphism and development of diabetic nephropathy in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

Nephron - 1 Jan 1995

Mizuiri S, Hemmi H, Inoue A, Yoshikawa H, Tanegashima M, Fushimi T, Ishigami M, Amagasaki Y, Ohara T, Shimatake H

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We determined the distribution frequency of angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism in 111 Japanese patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) of at least 10 years duration (80 patients with diabetic nephropathy and 31 patients without nephropathy) a...

Topics

Adult
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Diabetic Nephropathies
Genotype
Humans
Middle Aged
Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
Polymorphism, Genetic
Risk Factors

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