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The Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Deletion/Deletion Genotype Is a Risk Factor for Severe COVID-19: Implication and Utility for Patients Admitted to Emergency Department.
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) - 20 Aug 2021
Annunziata Anna, Coppola Antonietta, Di Spirito Valentina, Cauteruccio Rosa, Marotta Antonella, Micco Pierpaolo Di, Fiorentino Giuseppe
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Background and objective: Insertion/deletion polymorphisms of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) have been previously described in association with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and correlated to outcome. The ACE deletion/deletion(D/D)genotype represents a marker of thrombosis in subjects apparently without predisposing factors and/or traditional thrombophilic alterations and increases the risk of...
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