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Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene variant and its levels: risk factors for myocardial infarction in a South Indian population.
Singapore medical journal - 1 Jul 2010
Pulla Reddy B, Srikanth Babu B M, Venkata Karunakar K, Yasovanthi J, Munshi A, Sampath Kumar P, Sharath A, Jyothy A
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INTRODUCTION: Recently, there has been increasing evidence that genetic variation in the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) plays an important role in myocardial infarction. Therefore, the present study was carried out with the aim of investigating the association of the ACE gene insertion/deletion (I /D) polymorphism and its levels in myocardial infarction patients and their first-degree relatives (FDRs)....
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