Increased deformability of red blood cells is associated with a deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-155

  Bor Kucukatay, Melek ^a   Turgut, Sebahat ^a   Emmungil, Gulten ^a   Turgut, Gunfer ^a   Kucukatay, Vural ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; Hemorheology; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN I; ANGIOTENSIN II; BRADYKININ; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHROMOSOME 17; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRON; MALE; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PREVALENCE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 31744450087     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.208.147     Document Type: Article

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