Article
Molecular approach to assessing the genetic risk of cerebral infarction: deletion polymorphism in the gene encoding angiotensin 1-converting enzyme.
Journal of human hypertension - 1 Aug 1994
Sharma P, Carter N D, Barley J, Brown M M
Abstract excerpt
Numerous factors have been reported to influence the pathogenesis of stroke. The risks arising from variations in genes between individuals have not been explored. The angiotensin 1-converting enzyme gene is a candidate gene for atherosclerotic related disease. In this work we studied the frequen...
Topics
- Adult
- Age Distribution
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Case-Control Studies
- Cerebral Infarction
- Female
- Gene Deletion
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Risk Factors