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Deletion polymorphism in the gene for angiotensin-converting enzyme is not a risk factor predisposing to abdominal aortic aneurysm.
European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery - 1 Aug 1999
Hamano K, Ohishi M, Ueda M, Fujioka K, Katoh T, Zempo N, Fujimura Y, Okamura A, Rakugi H, Higaki J, Ogihara T, Esato K
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OBJECTIVE: to establish whether deletion of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene is a risk factor predisposing to abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) or not. METHODS: the study included 125 patients with AAA and 153 controls randomly selected from 328 individuals. The control subjects were confirmed not to have an AAA, but matched with the AAA group for age, sex, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and...
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