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Angiotensin I-converting enzyme gene polymorphism in a low-risk European population for coronary artery disease.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jan 1999
Ferrières J, Ruidavets J B, Fauvel J, Perret B, Taraszkiewicz D, Fourcade J, Niéto M, Chap H, Puel J
Abstract excerpt
An insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) has been associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) and myocardial infarction (MI). However, this finding has not been fully investigated in European populations with very low CAD risk. In a case-control study on a population from Southern Europe (Toulouse, France), we evaluated the ACE I/D polymorphism...
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