Elevated serum angiotensin-converting enzyme activity in onchocerciasis

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Volumn 174, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 393-397

  Ronday, M J H ^a   Van Der Lelij, A ^b   Wienesen, M ^a   Rothova, A ^a,b   Stilma, J S ^b   Kijlstra, A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b F C Donders Inst of Ophthalmology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE); Onchocerciasis; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0029784824     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00164636     Document Type: Article

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