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Association of ACE gene polymorphism and diabetic nephropathy? The Diabetic Nephropathy Study Group.
Kidney international - 1 Apr 1995
Schmidt S, Schöne N, Ritz E
Abstract excerpt
In patients with type 1 diabetes an association has been found between an insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism in the gene for angiotensin I converting enzyme and the presence of diabetic nephropathy. Our objective was (i) to assess this association in a large cohort of patients with type 1 diabetes and (ii) to examine whether this finding also applies to type 2 diabetes. We examined 247 patients with type 1...
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