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Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism in Polish patients with myocardial infarction.
Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska. Sectio D: Medicina - 1 Jan 2002
Sobstyl Jacek, Dzida Grzegorz, Puźniak Andrzej, Mosiewicz Jerzy, Hanzlik Janusz
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UNLABELLED: Both environmental and genetic factors play an important role in the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease. In view of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) role in physiology and pathology and benefits of ACE-inhibitors therapy, the gene coding this protein meets criteria for candidate gene for the susceptibility to cardiovascular disease including myocardial infarction. The goal of our research was...
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