Article
ACE gene polymorphism as a risk factor for ischemic cerebrovascular disease.
Annals of internal medicine - 1 Sept 1997
Agerholm-Larsen B, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, Frikke-Schmidt R, Grønholdt M L, Jensen G, Nordestgaard B G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Researchers have suggested that the deletional allele of the ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) gene insertion-deletion polymorphism is a potent risk factor for myocardial infarction. This association could not be confirmed in the Copenhagen City Heart Study, in which 10,150 persons were studied. The ACE gene polymorphism has also recently been suggested as a potent risk factor for ischemic...
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