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Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism is associated with anemia in non small-cell lung cancer.
Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2008
Yaren Arzu, Oztop Ilhan, Turgut Sebahat, Turgut Gunfer, Degirmencioglu Serkan, Demirpence Mustafa
Abstract excerpt
The angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) plays an important role not only in the regulation of vascular homeostasis but also in stimulation of hematopoiesis. We aimed to evaluate the association between insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the ACE gene and anemia at the time of the diagnosis. We enrolled 75 patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and 85 age- and sex-matched healthy control...
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