Association of angiotensin-converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism with high-altitude pulmonary oedema: A meta-analysis

JRAAS - Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 617-623

  Qi, Yue ^a,b   Sun, Jiayi ^a   Zhu, Tongchun ^c   Wang, Wei ^a   Liu, Jing ^a   Zhou, Wenyu ^b   Qiu, Changchun ^b   Zhao, Dong ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c China Railway Construction   (China)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; association; high altitude pulmonary oedema; insertion deletion polymorphism; meta analysis

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INDEL MUTATION; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PUBLICATION BIAS;

EID: 83455225539     PISSN: 14703203     EISSN: 17528976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470320311406572     Document Type: Article

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