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Angiotensin-converting-enzyme gene polymorphisms, smoking and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - 1 Jan 2007
Busquets Xavier, MacFarlane Niall G, Heine-Suñer Damià, Morlá Montse, Torres-Juan Laura, Iglesias Amanda, Lladó Jeronia, Sauleda Jaume, Agustí Alvar G N
Abstract excerpt
While tobacco smoking is the main risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) only a fraction of smokers go on to develop the disease. We investigated the relationship between the insertion (I)--deletion (D) polymorphisms in the Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene and the ri...
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