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Ethnic Genetic Prevalence of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (Insertion/Deletion) Polymorphism and COVID-19 Risk in the Jordanian Arab Population: A Possible Predictor of Mortality and Morbidity
2022-05-26
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COVID-19 pandemic has aggressively spread over countries, posing a medical concern to the worldwide human population. The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is implicated in the pathophysiology and infection processes of the SARS-CoV-2. The novel RNA virus binds and enters to cells by attaching with angiotensin-converting enzyme II (ACE2) receptors. Additionally, the angiotensin-converting enzyme I (ACE) polymorphisms...
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- d7c77764-241a-5afc-841e-9853a2fd62cc
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- 10.2139/ssrn.4120333
