The DD genotype of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene occurs in very low frequency in Australian Aboriginals

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 887-890

  Lester, Susan ^a   Heatley, Susan ^a   Bardy, Peter ^a   Bahnisch, John ^b   Bannister, Kym ^c   Faull, Randall ^c   Clarkson, Anthony ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

ACE genotype; Australian Aboriginals; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ABORIGINE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032916724     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.4.887     Document Type: Article

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