Is ACE gene polymorphism associated with lone atrial fibrillation?

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 637-641

  Yamashita, Takeshi ^a   Hayami, Noriyuki ^a   Ajiki, Kohsuke ^a   Oikawa, Naoki ^a   Sezaki, Kazunori ^a   Inoue, Masashi ^a   Omata, Masao ^a   Murakawa, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACE gene polymorphism; Atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030770567     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.38.637     Document Type: Article

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