Gender association of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene with ischaemic stroke

We examined the association of the NG011648 polymorphism (insertion/deletion) of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene with ischaemic stroke occurrence, subtype of ischaemic stroke and ischaemic stroke patients’ gender. Patients with first ever ischaemic stroke were recruited prospectively in...

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Main Authors: Sofia Markoula, Sotirios Giannopoulos, Charilaos Kostoulas, Athina Tatsioni, Ioanna Bouba, Sotirios Maranis, Ioannis Georgiou, Athanassios P Kyritsis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi - SAGE Publishing 2011-12-01
Series:Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1470320310391333