Article
Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism in hypertensive individuals with parental history of stroke.
Stroke - 1 Sept 1996
Maeda Y, Ikeda U, Ebata H, Hojo Y, Seino Y, Hayashi Y, Kuroki S, Shimada K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: It has been suggested that the insertion (I)/deletion (D) polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene is an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease, but its relation to stroke has not yet been proven. We investigated an association of ACE gene...
Topics
- Aged
- Base Sequence
- Cerebrovascular Disorders
- Female
- Genes
- Genotype
- Humans
- Hypertension
- Male
- Medical Records
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Probes
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Parents
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic