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Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism in Saudi patients with rheumatic heart disease.
Saudi medical journal - 1 Feb 2015
Al-Harbi Khalid M, Almuzaini Ibrahim S, Morsy Mohamed M, Abdelaziz Nada A, Al-Balawi Alia M, Abdallah Atiyeh M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the association between angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in Saudi patients. METHODS: A case-control study was conducted in Saudi RHD patients. Genomic DNA was isolated from 99 RHD patients attending the Pediatric Cardiology Clinic at the Maternity and Children Hospital, Al-Madinah, Saudi Arabia from March 2013 to...
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