Association of an insertion polymorphism of angiotensin-converting enzyme gene with the activity of lupus nephritis.

Yasuhiro Akai, Hélio Sato, Masayuki Iwano, Norio Kurumatani, Hideyuki Kurioka, Atsushi Kubo, Toshiki Yamaguchi, Hideo Shiiki, Teruo Fujimoto, Kazuhiro Dohi

PubMed · 1999 · 50 citations · 0 references

Abstract

These results suggest that the insertion polymorphism of the ACE gene may correlate with the activity of lupus nephritis.