Article
Evaluation of risk factors for the development of nephropathy in patients with IDDM: insertion/deletion angiotensin converting enzyme gene polymorphism, hypertension and metabolic control.
Diabetologia - 1 Mar 1997
Barnas U, Schmidt A, Illievich A, Kiener H P, Rabensteiner D, Kaider A, Prager R, Abrahamian H, Irsigler K, Mayer G
Abstract excerpt
Diabetic nephropathy represents a major complication in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Intervention trials using angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have pointed towards the important pathogenetic role of the renin-angiotensin system. Recently an insertion/ d...
Topics
- Blood Glucose
- Blood Pressure
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Diabetic Angiopathies
- Diabetic Nephropathies
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Hypertension
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A