Sex Difference in the Effect of ACE-DD Genotype on the Risk of Premature Myocardial Infarction

Angiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-158

  Petrovič, Daniel ^a,f   Bregar, Dejan ^a   Gužič Salobir, Barbara ^b   Škof, Erik ^b   Špan, Matjaž ^b   Terzić, Rifet ^c   Globočnik Petrovič, Mojca ^b   Keber, Irena ^b   Letonja, Mitja ^d   Zorc, Marjeta ^a   Podbregar, Matej ^e   Peterlin, Borut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c Tuzla University   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^d General Hospital Ptuj   (Slovenia)

^e General Hospital Celje   (Slovenia)

^f Medical Faculty of Ljubljana   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 12144287575     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970405500207     Document Type: Article

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