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Gender specificity of a genetic variant of angiotensin-converting enzyme and risk of coronary artery disease.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Aug 2013
Firouzabadi Negar, Tajik Nader, Bahramali Ehsan, Bakhshandeh Hooman, Maadani Mohsen, Shafiei Massoumeh
Abstract excerpt
Etiological factors for coronary artery disease (CAD) involve a wide range of gene and environmental interactions. One of the systems being implicated in the pathophysiology of CAD is the renin-angiotensin system (RAS). However, the genetic polymorphisms of this system have not been widely studied in Iranian patients diagnosed with CAD. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between six gene...
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