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Association of the D allele of the angiotensin I converting enzyme polymorphism with malignant vascular injury.
Molecular pathology : MP - 1 Feb 2002
Mayer N J, Forsyth A, Kantachuvesiri S, Mullins J J, Fleming S
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To determine whether there is an association between the insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the human angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) gene and malignant vascular injury (MVI). METHODS: The polymerase chain reaction was used to genotype DNA extracted from archival, paraffin wax embedded renal biopsy material from 48 patients with MVI, made up from cases of malignant hypertension (n = 23),...
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