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D allele of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene is a risk factor for secondary cardiac events after myocardial infarction.
International journal of cardiology - 31 Jul 1999
Yoshida M, Iwai N, Ohmichi N, Izumi M, Nakamura Y, Kinoshita M
Abstract excerpt
We retrospectively examined the relationship between the genotype of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene or the 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene, and the secondary cardiac events after myocardial infarction. The study population consisted of 176 patients (ACE genotype: deletion homozygote (DD)=20, insertion/deletion heterozygote (ID)=91, insertion homozygote (II)=65; MTHFR genotype:...
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