Association of insertion–deletion polymorphism of ACE gene and Alzheimer’s disease in Egyptian patients

Introduction: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease. Many studies proposed an association of the insertion (I)/deletion (D) polymorphism (indel) in intron 16 of the gene for angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) on chromosome 17q23 with Alzheimer’s disease. ACE indel a...

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Main Authors: Omayma M. Hassanin, Maha Moustafa, Tarek M. El Masry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2014-10-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110863014000640