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Angiotensin converting enzyme DD genotype is associated with development of rheumatic heart disease in Egyptian children.
Rheumatology international - 1 Jan 2011
Morsy Mohamed-Mofeed Fawaz, Abdelaziz Nada Abdelmohsen Mohamed, Boghdady Ahmed Mohamed, Ahmed Hydi, Abu Elfadl Essam Mohamed, Ismail Mohamed Ali
Abstract excerpt
Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism was previously studied in some cardiovascular diseases. There are only few studies which investigated this polymorphism in patients with rheumatic heart disease (RHD). The results of these investigations are inconsistent. Furthermore, gene polymorphism distribution is different in various ethnic populations. We conducted this study to demonstrate this gene...
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