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Angiotensinogen and angiotensin-converting enzyme genotypes, and day and night blood pressures in elderly Japanese hypertensives.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 Jul 1999
Kario K, Hoshide S, Umeda Y, Sato Y, Ikeda U, Nishiuma S, Matsuo M, Shimada K
Abstract excerpt
There are inconsistent reports that the angiotensinogen (ATG) variant Met235-->Thr (T235) allele and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) insertion/deletion (I/D) variants are associated with hypertension and related target organ damage. Both high blood pressure (BP) and abnormal diurnal BP variation patterns are related to target organ damage, but it is not known whether the above genetic variants of the...
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