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Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism (insertion/deletion) and liver fibrosis in Turkish patients from the western Black Sea region, Turkey.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 16 Dec 2015
Turhan N K, Ilikhan S Uygun, Hamamcioglu A C, Ustundag Y, Dursun A, Kokturk F
Abstract excerpt
Chronic viral hepatitis B, chronic viral hepatitis C, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, alcoholic liver disease, autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, and secondary biliary cirrhosis are important health issues worldwide. While an association between angiotensin-converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion (ACE gene I/D) polymorphism and liver fibrosis has been demonstrated in rat studies, the results of...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Biopsy
- Comorbidity
- Female
- Genetic Association Studies
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- INDEL Mutation
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A