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Association of B2 receptor polymorphisms and ACE activity with ACE inhibitor-induced angioedema in black and mixed-race South Africans.
Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) - 1 Jun 2013
Moholisa Retsilisitsoe R, Rayner Brian R, Patricia Owen E, Schwager Sylva L U, Stark Joalice S, Badri Motassim, Cupido Clint L, Sturrock Edward D
Abstract excerpt
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are first-line therapy for the treatment of hypertension, congestive heart failure, and diabetic nephropathy. ACE inhibitors are associated with adverse side effects such as persistent dry cough (ACE-cough) and, rarely, life-threatening angioedema (ACE-AE). The authors investigated the influence of ACE I/D polymorphism in combination with serum ACE activity, B₂...
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