Identification of specific angiotensin-c
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Intissar Ezzidi; Nabil Mtiraoui; Maha Kacem; Molka Chaieb; Touhami Mahjoub; Wass
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## Background Cross‐sectional and family studies identified angiotensin‐converting enzyme (ACE) gene as a risk factor for diabetic nephropathy (DN). The contribution of ACE gene variants to DN development and progression is controversial and varies among different ethnic/racial groups.