Article
Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism and risk of sarcoidosis.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 Nov 1998
Maliarik M J, Rybicki B A, Malvitz E, Sheffer R G, Major M, Popovich J, Iannuzzi M C
Abstract excerpt
The angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) has been implicated in the pathophysiology of sarcoidosis. Serum ACE levels in normal and sarcoidosis patients are influenced by an insertion (I)/deletion (D) polymorphism in the ACE gene. To elucidate the role of this ACE gene polymorphism in sarcoidosis,...
Topics
- Adult
- Black People
- Case-Control Studies
- Confidence Intervals
- Disease Progression
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Gene Deletion
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
