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Prevalence of angiotensin-converting enzyme gene insertion-deletion polymorphism in patients with primary knee osteoarthritis.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Shehab D K, Al-Jarallah K F, Alawadhi A M, Al-Herz A, Nahar I, Haider M Z
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OBJECTIVE: Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) plays an important role in a number of inflammatory and immune related disorders. This study was undertaken to investigate an association between Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion- deletion (I/D) polymorphism and primary knee osteoarthritis (OA) in Kuwait and to explore a correlation between clinical subgroups of OA and ACE I/D polymorphism...
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