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Polymorphisms of the angiotensin-converting-enzyme gene in subjects who die from coronary heart disease.
The Quarterly journal of medicine - 1 Apr 1994
Evans A E, Poirier O, Kee F, Lecerf L, McCrum E, Falconer T, Crane J, O'Rourke D F, Cambien F
Abstract excerpt
It has been shown that myocardial infarction survivors are more likely to carry an insertion/deletion polymorphism (I/D) of the angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) gene than age-matched population controls. To test whether the association with coronary risk had been under-estimated, the frequency of the ACE I/D was studied in 213 fatal cases of definite and possible myocardial infarction which came to autopsy in...
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