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Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism in relation to HLA-DR in sarcoidosis.
Journal of internal medicine - 1 Mar 2002
Planck A, Eklund A, Yamaguchi E, Grunewald J
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate if an insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism in the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene associates with HLA-DR alleles previously found to be of prognostic interest in Scandinavian sarcoidosis patients. This may contribute to characteristics associated with these HLA-DR alleles, such as a good (DR17) or poor (DR14 or 15) prognosis. DESIGN, SETTINGS AND SUBJECTS: Polymerase chain...
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