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ACE gene I/D polymorphism and risk of sarcoidosis development in Turkish patients.
Tuberkuloz ve toraks - 1 Jan 2012
Yılmaz Dilber, Karkucak Mutlu, Coşkun Funda, Yakut Tahsin, Kunt Uzaslan Esra
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INTRODUCTION: Etiology of sarcoidosis is unknown but the prevalence of disease in different ethnic groups and identical twins, family characteristics indicate that genetic predisposition is a possible factor. The angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) has been implicated in the pahophysiology of sarcoidosis. The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of a polymorphism in I/D (Insertion/Deletion) of the...
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