Angiotensin II type 2 receptor gene polymorphism in Caucasian children with a wide spectrum of congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract

Pediatric Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-87

  Siomou, Ekaterini ^a,c   Bouba, Ioanna ^a   Kollios, Konstantinos D ^a   Papadopoulou, Frederica ^a   Syrrou, Maria ^b   Georgiou, Ioannis ^a   Siamopoulou, Antigoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; KIDNEY AGENESIS; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 2; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 34250883311     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e3180679101     Document Type: Article

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