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Lack of association of angiotensin converting enzyme gene polymorphism or serum enzyme activity with coronary artery disease in Japanese subjects.
American journal of hypertension - 1 Dec 1997
Fujimura T, Yokota M, Kato S, Hirayama H, Tsunekawa A, Inagaki H, Takatsu F, Nakashima N, Yamada Y
Abstract excerpt
The association of an insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism in the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene or the serum activity of ACE with coronary artery disease (CAD) was investigated in Japanese men and women. The ACE genotype of 947 CAD subjects who underwent coronary angiography and of 893 control subjects was determined by polymerase chain reaction analysis. No association of the DD genotype or the D...
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