A deletion in the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene is common among African Americans with essential hypertension

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-46

  Asamoah, Alexander ^a,b   Yanamandra, Krishna ^a   Thurmon, Theodore F ^a   Richter, Randy ^a   Green, Ramona ^a   Lakin, Tracey ^a   Martin, Cindy ^a  

^a LA   (United States)

^b MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACE; Angiotensin converting enzyme; Hypertension; Intron; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030588048     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(96)06372-3     Document Type: Article

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