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Is the ACE gene (I/D) polymorphism associated with the risk of sarcoidosis in African Americans and Caucasians?
Is the ACE gene (I/D) polymorphism associated with the risk of sarcoidosis in African Americans and Caucasians?
The ACE gene DD genotype is associated with a significantly increased risk of sarcoidosis in African Americans, but not in Caucasians.
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DD genotype associated with sarcoidosis risk in African Americans; hypothesis-generating for ancestry-specific effects pending validation.
Maliarik et al. (1998) studied this question.
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