Assessment of insertion/deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene in abdominal aortic aneurysm and inguinal hernia

Vascular

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-5

  Antoniou, George A ^a,b   Lazarides, Miltos K ^a   Patera, Stefania ^c   Antoniou, Stavros A ^a   Giannoukas, Athanasios D ^b   Georgiadis, George S ^a   Veletza, Stavroula Vouliana ^c  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

ACE; Aortic aneurysm; Gene; Inguinal hernia; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDEL MUTATION; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84878352928     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: 1708539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/vasc.2011.oa0322     Document Type: Article

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