Article
[Does an association between angiotensin I converting enzyme gene polymorphism and the prevalence of diabetic nephropathy in patients with diabetes type II exist?].
Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej - 1 Sept 1995
Strojek K, Grzeszczak W, Rudzki H, Pokrzywnicki W, Lacka B, Schmidt S, Ritz E
Abstract excerpt
In type I diabetic patients association has been found between the insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism in the gene of angiotensin converting enzyme and the presence of diabetic nephropathy. The aim of that study was to assess this association in a cohort of type II diabetics. We examined 109 pa...
Topics
- Aged
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Diabetic Nephropathies
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
- Poland
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Prevalence