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Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism and risk of myocardial infarction in Colombia.
Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research - 1 Aug 2004
Bautista Leonelo E, Ardila María E, Gamarra Germán, Vargas Clara I, Arenas Ivan A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The ACE gene insertion/deletion polymorphism has been studied as a risk factor for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in different populations with conflicting results. MATERIAL/METHODS: We conducted a case-control study in first AMI cases matched by age (+/-5 years) and sex to controls with non-cardiac diseases to ascertain whether Colombian carriers of the DD genotype were at higher risk of AMI than...
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