Article
Hypothesis: an angiotensin converting enzyme genotype, present in one in three caucasians, is associated with increased mortality rate.
Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology - 1 Jan 1996
Morris B J
Abstract excerpt
1. This review argues that the deletion (D) allele of an insertion (I)/deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) gene is a marker for a variant associated with increased ACE expression, as well as myocardial infarction (MI) and other life-threatening conditions. 2. By exa...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Genotype
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
- Risk Factors
