Lack of an association between the angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism and intracranial aneurysms in a Caucasian population in the United States

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 92-96

  Pannu, Hariyadarshi ^a   Kim, Dong H ^a   Seaman, C Robyn ^a   Van Ginhoven, Grace ^a   Shete, Sanjay ^a   Milewicz, Dianna M ^a  

^a MSB 4202 ^*

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; Genetic; Intracranial aneurysm; Polymorphism; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GENOMIC DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24944452362     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.103.1.0092     Document Type: Article

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