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Angiotensinogen M235T variant and salt sensitivity in young normotensive Caucasians.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Apr 1999
Schorr U, Blaschke K, Beige J, Distler A, Sharma A M
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: A single-nucleotide variant of the angiotensinogen gene (AGT 235T) has been associated with essential hypertension and increased plasma levels of angiotensinogen. This variant may also serve as a genetic marker for the increased blood pressure response to dietary salt intake, but the relationship between AGT genotype and salt sensitivity has not been studied until now. We therefore examined...
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