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Lack of evidence for association between the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene and hypertension.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Apr 1999
Kato N, Sugiyama T, Morita H, Nabika T, Kurihara H, Yamori Y, Yazaki Y
Abstract excerpt
Significant association between a Glu298Asp polymorphism of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene and essential hypertension was recently reported in Japanese populations, with the 298Asp variant showing a higher prevalence in hypertensive patients (10.3% to 12.0%) than in normotensive subjects (5.0% to 5.8%). In contrast, another study demonstrated that the 298Glu variant was significantly associated...
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