JOURNAL OF THE RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN-ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM, cilt.6, ss.38-42, 2005 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)
Introduction Experimental and clinical studies demonstrated that the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) affects the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and prognosis of coronary heart disease (CHD). The aim of this study was to investigate the genotype distribution and the allele frequencies of three RAS genes polymorphisms and their effects on premature CHD in a Turkish population.