Ischemic stroke and the gene for angiotensin-converting enzyme in Japanese hypertensives

Circulation

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1630-1633

  Kario, Kazuomi ^a,b,d   Kanai, Nobuyuki ^c   Saito, Ken ^c   Nago, Naoki ^c   Matsuo, Takefumi ^b   Shimada, Kazuyuki ^c  

^a Awaji Hokudan Public Clinic   (Japan)

^b HYOGO PREFECTURAL AWAJI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cerebrovascular disorders; enzymes; genes; hypertension

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0029877404     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.93.9.1630     Document Type: Article

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