ACE gene polymorphism as a risk factor for ischemic cerebrovascular disease.

doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-5-199709010-00002

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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

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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...

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Alleles
Brain Ischemia
Cross-Sectional Studies
Denmark
Female
Genotype
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Middle Aged
Mutation
Odds Ratio
Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
Polymorphism, Genetic
Risk
Risk Factors

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