Mona Hamed Gehad

Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism as an early predictor of diabetic nephropathy in pediatric type 1 diabetes

Abstract Background Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a severe complication among type 1 diabetic children, often developing silently before clinical detection. Genetic polymorphisms particularly the insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene...