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Angiotensin converting enzyme gene polymorphism and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality: the Rotterdam Study.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2005
Sayed-Tabatabaei F A, Schut A F C, Arias Vásquez A, Bertoli-Avella A M, Hofman A, Witteman J C M, van Duijn C M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Findings on the association between the insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) gene and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality have been inconsistent. Considering the possible interaction between this polymorphism and smoking, we evaluated the association between ACE I/D polymorphism and myocardial infarction (MI), mortality due to coronary heart disease...
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