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[Insertion/deletion polymorphism of the gene encoding for angiotensin-converting enzyme and microalbuminuria in essential arterial hypertension].
Medicina clinica - 29 May 1999
Rovira E, Chaves F J, Julve R, Pascual J M, Miralles A, Armengod M E, Redon J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: To assess the influence of insertion/deletion polymorphism in the ACE gene on the microalbuminuria in essential hypertension. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Seventy-nine patients with essential hypertension (37 males and 42 females) (mean age 39 [7] years, body mass index 28 [4] kg/m2), never treated with antihypertensive drugs were included in the study. Urinary albumin excretion (UAE) was assessed in two...
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