Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphisms and lupus disease severity: A promising link

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 164-165

  Saeed, M ^a   Mekan, S F ^a   Rabbani, M A ^b   Arain, F M ^a   Arif, M ^a   Shaharyar, S ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 11344291579     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.020834     Document Type: Article

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