Serum angiotensin converting enzyme activity association with the I/D polymorphism in an ethnically admixtured population [2]

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 360, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 201-204

  Pereira, A C ^a   Morandini Filho, A A F ^a   Heimann, A S ^a   Rabak, E T ^a   Vieira, A P Z ^a   Mota, G F A ^a   Krieger, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; INSERTION DELETION POLYMORPHISM; LETTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAZIL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 24044481302     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2005.05.029     Document Type: Letter

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