Angiotensin-converting enzyme genotype and C-reactive protein in patients with COPD [2]

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 816-817

  Tkacova, R ^a   Joppa, P ^a  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 34147164087     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00147506     Document Type: Letter

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