Angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism is not associated with susceptibility and outcome in sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome

Objective The insertion/deletion (I/D) of a 289 base pair Alu repeat sequence polymorphism in the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene ( ACE ) has been shown to predict susceptibility and outcome in the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). We hypothesized that the I/D polymorphism also confers...

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Veröffentlicht in:Intensive care medicine 2008-03, Vol.34 (3), p.488-495
Hauptverfasser: Villar, Jesús, Flores, Carlos, Pérez-Méndez, Lina, Maca-Meyer, Nicole, Espinosa, Elena, Blanco, Jesús, Sangüesa, Ruben, Muriel, Arturo, Tejera, Paula, Muros, Mercedes, Slutsky, Arthur S.
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