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Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene and plasma protein level in Alzheimer's disease in Taiwanese.
Age and ageing - 1 Mar 2011
Yang Yuan-Han, Lai Chiou-Lian, Tyan Yu-Chang, Chou Mei-Chuan, Wang Ling-Chun, Yang Ming-Hui, Liu Ching-Kuan
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BACKGROUND: angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion (indel) polymorphism is considered a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the associations of ACE gene and protein level to AD are undetermined among Taiwanese. METHODS: this study investigated 257 Taiwanese cases with AD and 137 ethnically matched controls using ACE gene indel genotype association methods with logistic regression...
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