Lack of change in serum angiotensin-converting enzyme activity during the menstrual cycle.

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INTRODUCTION: The Deletion (D) rather than Insertion (I) variant of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene is associated with higher circulating ACE activity. Meanwhile, coronary risk rises with the menstrual nadir in oestrogen levels, exogenous oestrogen reduces serum ACE activity (with a greater reduction the higher the baseline ACE activity), and pharmacological reduction in ACE activity is...

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