Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) I/D corrected serum ACE activity and severity assessment of community-acquired pneumonia

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1326-1331

  Van De Garde, Ewoudt M W ^a,b   Endeman, Henrik ^a   Deneer, Vera H M ^a   Biesma, Douwe H ^a   Ruven, Henk J T ^a   Van Velzen Blad, Heleen ^a   Leufkens, Hubert G M ^b   Van Den Bosch, Jules M M ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; I D polymorphism; Outcome assessment; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 35048853479     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.268     Document Type: Article

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