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Polymorphism of the angiotensin converting enzyme gene and clinical aspects of IgA nephropathy.
Clinical nephrology - 1 Aug 1995
Yorioka T, Suehiro T, Yasuoka N, Hashimoto K, Kawada M
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the relationship between the insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene and the onset and progression of IgA nephropathy, we studied this polymorphism in 48 patients (21 males and 27 females) with IgA nephropathy and 104 normal controls (51 males and 53 females) using the polymerase chain reaction method. There was no difference in either the genotype or...
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