Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme and frequency of severe hypoglycaemia in Type 1 diabetes: Does a relationship exist?

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1449-1454

  Zammitt, N N ^a   Geddes, J ^a   Warren, R E ^a   Marioni, R ^b   Ashby, J P ^c   Frier, B M ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypoglycaemia; Serum angiotensin converting enzyme; Type 1 diabetes ACE

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 36549014077     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2007.02263.x     Document Type: Article

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