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Angiotensin-converting enzyme genotypes and risk for myocardial infarction in women.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 15 Mar 1998
Anderson J L, Carlquist J F, King G J, Morrison L, Thomson M J, Ludwig E H, Muhlestein J B, Bair T L, Ward R H
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OBJECTIVES: We tested for an association between the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) DD polymorphic genotype and myocardial infarction (MI) in a sample group composed exclusively of women. BACKGROUND: The human ACE gene occurs with either an insertion (I allele) or a deletion (D allele) of a 287-base pair (bp) Alu element. Part of the variance in serum ACE levels may be accounted for by this polymorphism....
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