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Association of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion-deletion polymorphism with spondylarthropathies.
Journal of biomedical science - 1 Jan 2008
Shehab Diaa K, Al-Jarallah Khaled F, Al-Awadhi Adel M, Al-Herz Adeeba, Nahar Ibrahim, Haider Mohammad Z
Abstract excerpt
Low back pain (LBP) is a common medical problem. Interaction between genetic and environmental factors predisposes individuals to LBP even at an early age. Inflammatory back pain or spondylarthropathies include ankylosing spondylitis (AS), psoriatic arthritis (PSA), reactive arthritis enteropathic and undifferentiated arthropathies. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) plays an important role in circulatory...
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