Letter to the editor: Impact of ACE gene polymorphisms on the progression of IgA nephropathy in India [1]

Renal Failure

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 647-648

  Chacko, Bobby ^a   Raghuraman, Sukanya ^a   Neelakantan, Nithya ^a   John, George T ^a   Jacob, Chakko K ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

ACE gene; IgA nephropathy; India; Polymorphisms; Progression

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; INDIA; MALE;

ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 34547182947     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08860220701392330     Document Type: Letter

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