The angiotensin-converting enzyme DD gene is associated with poor prognosis in Finnish sarcoidosis patients

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 723-726

  Pietinalho, A ^a,c   Furuya, K ^b   Yamaguchi, E ^b   Kawakami, Y ^b   Selroos, O ^a  

^a Mjolbolsta Hospital   (Finland)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Finnish Lung Health Association   (Finland)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme angiotensin converting enzyme gene polymorphism; Prognosis; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VITAL CAPACITY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROGNOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032926045     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.1999.13d04.x     Document Type: Article

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