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A prospective evaluation of an angiotensin-converting-enzyme gene polymorphism and the risk of ischemic heart disease.
The New England journal of medicine - 16 Mar 1995
Lindpaintner K, Pfeffer M A, Kreutz R, Stampfer M J, Grodstein F, LaMotte F, Buring J, Hennekens C H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In a previous study, men with a history of myocardial infarction were found to have an increased prevalence of homozygosity for the deletional allele (D) of the angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) gene. The D allele is associated with higher levels of ACE, which may predispose a person to ischemic heart disease. We investigated the association between the ACE genotype and the incidence of myocardial...
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