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ACE Gene in Egyptian Ischemic Stroke Patients.
Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association - 1 Sept 2016
Mostafa Magdy A, El-Nabiel Lobna M, Fahmy Nagia Aly, Aref Hany, Shreef Edrees, Abd El-Tawab Fathy, Abdulghany Osama M
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BACKGROUND: Angiotensin-1-converting enzyme (ACE) is a crucial player in vascular homeostasis and in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and hypertension. The present study was conducted to determine whether there is an association between the ACE insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism and ischemic stroke in Egyptian population. Also, we analyzed the ACE gene I/D polymorphism as a risk factor for small-vessel (SV)...
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