The deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene is associated with acute aortic dissection

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-37

  Kalay, Nihat ^a   Caglayan, Okay ^a   Akkaya, Hasan ^a   Ozdogru, Ibrahim ^a   Dogan, Ali ^a   Inanc, Mehmet Tugrul ^a   Kaya, Mehmet Gungor ^a   Ergin, Ali ^a   Topsakal, Ramazan ^a   Çiçek, Davran ^b   Eryol, Namik Kemal ^a   Taşdemir, Kutay ^a   Oguzhan, Abdurrahman ^a   Dundar, Munis ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzime; Aortic dissection; Chest pain; Gene polymorphism; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLELE; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 70449982520     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.219.33     Document Type: Article

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