Article
Association between an angiotensinogen microsatellite marker in children and coronary events in their grandparents.
Circulation - 15 Jun 1996
Badenhop R F, Wang X L, Wilcken D E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recently we found that the deletion (D) allele of the insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the ACE gene in 404 children was associated with a history of coronary artery disease (CAD) in their grandparents. This led us to explore polymorphisms in other genes of the renin-angiotensi...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Alleles
- Angiotensinogen
- Base Sequence
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Coronary Disease
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Medical Records
