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Positive Association of D Allele of ACE Gene With High Altitude Pulmonary Edema in Indian Population.
Wilderness & environmental medicine - 1 Jun 2015
Bhagi Shuchi, Srivastava Swati, Tomar Arvind, Bala Singh Shashi, Sarkar Soma
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OBJECTIVE: High altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is a potentially fatal high altitude illness occurring as a result of hypobaric hypoxia with an unknown underlying genetic mechanism. Recent studies have shown a possible association between HAPE and polymorphisms in genes of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS), which play a key role in sensitivity of an individual toward HAPE. METHODS: For the present...
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