Elevation of angiotensin-converting enzyme in granulomatous lymph nodes and serum in sarcoidosis: clinical and possible pathogenic significance.

Silverstein, E; Friedland, J; A Lyons, H; Gourin, A

doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1976.tb47062.x

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Elevation of angiotensin-converting enzyme in granulomatous lymph nodes and serum in sarcoidosis: clinical and possible pathogenic significance.

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E Silverstein

J Friedland

H A Lyons

Abstract

A statistically highly significant elevation of serum ACE was found in a group of 58 patients with sarcoidosis (serum ACE was elevated in 34% of patients), as compared with normal controls and patients with tuberculosis and various other common diseases. The results suggest that serum ACE is a usefu...

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