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Risk of venous thromboembolism associated with the insertion/deletion polymorphism in the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene.
Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis - 1 Jul 2000
González Ordóñez A J, Fernández Carreira J M, Medina Rodríguez J M, Martín Sánchez L, Alvarez Díaz R, Alvarez Martinez M V, Coto Garcia E
Abstract excerpt
The circulating levels of angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) are linked with a 287-base pair insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism at intron 16 of the ACE gene. Thus, the homozygous deletion (D/D genotype) could cause chronic vasoconstriction, arterial hypertension and, possibly, coronary arte...
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