Aortic atherosclerosis in diabetes mellitus is associated with an insertion/deletion polymorphism in the angiotensin I-converting enzyme gene: No relation between the polymorphism and aortic collagen content

Diabetologia

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 696-700

  Rasmussen, L M ^a   Ledet, T ^b  

^a University Institute of Pathology Arhus   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Polymerase chain reaction; Type IV collagen; Type V collagen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; COLLAGEN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0030014218     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00418541     Document Type: Article

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