Deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin I-converting enzyme gene is associated with serum ACE concentration and increased risk for CAD in the Japanese

Circulation

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 2199-2202

  Nakai, Kenji ^a   Itoh, Chuichi ^a   Miura, Yoshinori ^a   Hotta, Kazuhiko ^a   Musha, Takehiko ^a   Itoh, Tomonori ^a   Miyakawa, Tomohisa ^a   Iwasaki, Ryu ^b   Hiramori, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LSI MEDIENCE CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

angiotensin; coronary disease; enzymes; genes

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0028061897     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.90.5.2199     Document Type: Article

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