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Sex-dependent and race-dependent association of XPNPEP2 C-2399A polymorphism with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor-associated angioedema.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Sept 2010
Woodard-Grice Alencia V, Lucisano Amelia C, Byrd James B, Stone Elizabeth R, Simmons William H, Brown Nancy J
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BACKGROUND: Angioedema is a rare adverse effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, which occurs more commonly in women and black Americans. Angioedema is thought to result from decreased degradation of vasoactive peptides. During ACE inhibition, bradykinin is primarily inactivated by aminopeptidase P (APP). Earlier studies have provided conflicting data with regard to serum APP activity in...
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