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Is there an association between angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) genotypes and abdominal aortic aneurysm?
European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery - 1 Oct 2010
Obukofe B, Sayers R D, Thompson J, Sandford R M, London N J M, Samani N J, Bown M J
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OBJECTIVES: There is strong evidence of a genetic predisposition to abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), however the genes involved remain largely elusive. Recently, two large studies have suggested an association between the angiotensin converting enzyme gene and AAA. This study aimed to investigate the possible association between the ACE insertion/deletion polymorphism and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in order...
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