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Gene-gene interaction in the RAS system in the predisposition to myocardial infarction in elder population of St. Petersburg (Russia).
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Jan 2000
Fomicheva E V, Gukova S P, Larionova-Vasina V I, Kovalev Y R, Schwartz E I
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to estimate the frequencies of some DNA polymorphisms of two genes of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), M235T angiotensinogen gene and insertion-deletion polymorphism in angiotensin-converting enzyme gene, in older (>55 years old) myocardial infarction survival and control groups. For this purpose 198 myocardial infarction (MI) patients and 152 randomly selected healthy persons have...
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