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The Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Insertion/Deletion polymorphism is not associated with an increased risk of death or bronchopulmonary dysplasia in ventilated very low birth weight infants
BACKGROUND: The ACE gene contains a polymorphism consisting of either the presence (insertion, I) or absence (deletion, D) of a 287 bp alu repeat in intron 16. The D allele is associated with increased ACE activity in both tissue and plasma. The DD genotype is associated with risk of developing ARDS...
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BioMed Central
2004
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC544573/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15610555 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-4-26 |