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Angiotensin-converting enzyme polymorphism and the risk of coronary heart disease in the Saudi male population.
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine - 1 Apr 2000
Dzimiri N, Basco C, Moorji A, Meyer B F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the relevance of angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism for coronary artery disease (CAD) in the Saudi population. METHODS AND RESULTS: DNA of 84 male Saudi patients with established CAD, 36 male controls who underwent angiography, and 327 healthy Saudi male blood donors was amplified by polymerase chain reaction, using oligonucleotide primers flanking the insertion...
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