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Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism in Korean patients with systemic sclerosis.
Journal of Korean medical science - 1 Apr 2006
Joung Chung Il, Park Yong Wook, Kim Sook Kyoung, Uhm Wan Sik, Kim Tae Hwan, Yoo Dae Hyun
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To determine whether angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism is associated with the development and clinical features of systemic sclerosis (SSc) in Korean, we studied seventy two Korean patients with SSc fulfilling the ACR preliminary classification criteria. The controls were 114 healthy, disease free Koreans. ACE I/D genotypes were determined by PCR method using...
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