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No association of converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism with immunoglobulin A glomerulonephritis.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation - 1 Nov 1995
Schmidt S, Stier E, Hartung R, Stein G, Bahnisch J, Woodroffe A J, Clarkson A R, Ponticelli C, Campise M, Mayer G
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It has been recently reported that in type 1 diabetes the insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the angiotensin I-converting enzyme gene is associated with the presence of diabetic nephropathy. Tissue angiotensin I-converting enzyme is determined by I/D polymorphism, and it has been speculated that in diabetes differences of local angiotensin II availability determine the risk of renal disease. Since...
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