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ArticleBalkan journal of medical genetics : BJMG2015

Association of the ACE rs4646994 and rs4341 polymorphisms with the progression of carotid atherosclerosis in slovenian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

S Merlo, J Novák, N Tkáčová, J Nikolajević Starčević, M Šantl Letonja, J Makuc, A Cokan Vujkovac, J Letonja, D Bregar, M Zorc and 4 more

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Article in Balkan journal of medical genetics : BJMG, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Association of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism with Recurrent Pregnancy Loss: a Meta-Analysis of 26 Case-Control Studies.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2018
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  3. Clinical Implications ofCurrent issues in molecular biology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

S MerloInstitute of Oncology Ljubljana, Zaloška 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
J Novák
N TkáčováDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, building A20, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic.
J Nikolajević StarčevićInstitute of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University in Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
M Šantl LetonjaGeneral Hospital Rakičan, Ulica dr. Vrbnjaka 6, Murska Sobota, 9000, Slovenia.
J MakucGeneral Hospital Slovenj Gradec, Gosposvetska cesta 1, 2380 Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia.
A Cokan VujkovacGeneral Hospital Slovenj Gradec, Gosposvetska cesta 1, 2380 Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia.
J LetonjaInstitute of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University in Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
D BregarInstitute of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University in Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
M ZorcInstitute of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University in Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
M RojkoInstitute of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University in Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
S MankočInstitute of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University in Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
P KruzliakDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne´s University Hospital and Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
D PetrovičInstitute of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University in Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current study was designed to reveal possible associations between the angiotensin-converting-enzyme (

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Angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphismAssociation studyCarotid atherosclerosisType 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)

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PMID27785395
PMCPMC5026267

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