Does the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism affect rate of abdominal aortic aneurysm expansion?

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-71

  Yeung, J M C ^a   Heeley, M ^a   Gray, S ^a   Lingam, M K ^a   Manning, G ^a   Nash, J R ^a   Donnelly, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; ACE genotype; Expansion rate; Renin

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036632779     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2002.1693     Document Type: Article

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