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Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism in patients with psoriatic arthritis.
Rheumatology international - 1 Oct 2007
Al-Awadhi Adel M, Hasan Eman A, Sharma Prem N, Haider M Zafaryab, Al-Saeid Khaled
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the frequency of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism genotypes in adults with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), a heterogeneous chronic disease with autoimmune pathology. ACE gene I/D polymorphism influences the plasma and tissue levels of ACE and has an involvement in inflammatory mechanism. The frequency of ACE gene I/D polymorphism genotypes was determined in...
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