Is ACE gene polymorphism a risk factor for renal scarring with low-grade reflux?

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 734-737

  Erdoǧan, Hakan ^a   Mir, Sevgi ^a   Serdaroǧlu, Erkin ^a   Berdeli, Afig ^a   Aksu, Nejat ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b SSK Tepecik Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ACE gene polymorphism; Renal scarring; Vesicoureteric reflux

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KIDNEY SCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 3142665647     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-004-1486-0     Document Type: Article

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