
ASSOCIATION OF THE ACE rs4646994 AND rs4341
POLYMORPHISMS WITH THE PROGRESSION
OF CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN SLOVENIAN
PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS Merlo S1, Novák J2,3,4, Tkáčová N2, Nikolajević Starčević J5, Šantl Letonja M6, Makuc J7,
Cokan Vujkovac A7, Letonja J5, Bregar D5, Zorc M5, Rojko M5, Mankoč S5, Kruzliak P8, Petrovič D5 *Corresponding Author: Professor Daniel Petrovič, M.D., Ph.D., Institute of Histology and Embryology, Faculty
of Medicine University Ljubljana, Korytkova 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Tel: +386-1-543-7367. Fax: +386-1-
543-7361. E-mail: daniel.petrovic@mf.uni-lj.si page: 37
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