Angiotensin-converting enzyme polymorphism in patients with terminal renal failure

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 314-317

  Schmidt, Alice ^a   Kiener, Hans Peter ^a   Barnas, Ursula ^a   Arias, Ingrid ^b   Illievich, Arno ^a   Auinger, Martin ^c   Graninger, Winfried ^a   Kaider, Alexandra ^a   Mayer, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^c Abteilung für Urologie   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Hypertension; Insertion deletion; Kidney failure chronic genetics; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029880305     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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