Article
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...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Base Sequence
- Cohort Studies
- DNA
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Diabetic Nephropathies
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
