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High frequency of DD polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene in Turkish asthmatic patients.
Allergy and asthma proceedings - 1 Jan 2000
Urhan Meral, Degirmenci Irfan, Harmanci Emel, Gunes Hasan V, Metintas Muzaffer, Basaran Ayse
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study is to detect the incidence of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism in Turkish asthmatic patients and to examine whether there is an association between the disease and ACE gene polymorphism. In our study, the genomic DNA of 100 asthmatic patients and 88 healthy subjects was analyzed Genomic DNA was isolated from peripheral blood by using standard methods. The intron 16...
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