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Potential risk factors associated with progressive renal damage in childhood urological diseases: the role of angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism.
The Journal of urology - 1 Sept 1997
Brock J W, Adams M, Hunley T, Wada A, Trusler L, Kon V
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PURPOSE: Experimental as well as human studies have established an important role for the renin-angiotensin system in the progressive deterioration of renal function. Recently genetic polymorphism in components of the renin-angiotensin system has been associated with several cardiovascular diseases, particularly variations in the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene that involve insertion (I) or deletion (D) of a...
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