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Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism adds risk for the severity of coronary atherosclerosis in smokers.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Sept 1997
Hibi K, Ishigami T, Kimura K, Nakao M, Iwamoto T, Tamura K, Nemoto T, Shimizu T, Mochida Y, Ochiai H, Umemura S, Ishii M
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To investigate the relation between the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism and acute coronary syndromes with respect to environmental factors, we analyzed the association of genotype with the coronary angiographic findings of patients with acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina pectoris, and we examined the linkage of each genotype with established risk factors for coronary artery...
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