Article
Ischemic stroke and the gene for angiotensin-converting enzyme in Japanese hypertensives.
Circulation - 1 May 1996
Kario K, Kanai N, Saito K, Nago N, Matsuo T, Shimada K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The ACE insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism is reported to be associated with myocardial infarction in both whites and Japanese. However, there have been no reports on the association of this polymorphism with stroke in each race. Furthermore, there are some racial differences in th...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Base Sequence
- Brain Ischemia
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Hypertension
- Japan
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oligonucleotide Probes
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic