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Angiotensin I-converting enzyme gene polymorphism is associated with myocardial infarction, but not with retinopathy or nephropathy, in NIDDM.
Diabetes care - 1 Jul 1995
Fujisawa T, Ikegami H, Shen G Q, Yamato E, Takekawa K, Nakagawa Y, Hamada Y, Ueda H, Rakugi H, Higaki J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To clarify the relationship between the angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism and diabetic micro- and macroangiopathy in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We examined 267 NIDDM patients with various stages of diabetic retinopathy, 61 patients with myocardial infarction (MI), and 136 patients without MI. An insertion/deletion...
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