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Lack of association between ACE gene polymorphism and left ventricular hypertrophy in essential hypertension.
Journal of human hypertension - 1 Jan 2000
Gomez-Angelats E, de la Sierra A, Enjuto M, Sierra C, Oriola J, Francino A, Paré J C, Poch E, Coca A
Abstract excerpt
The possible association between the insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) gene and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) was investigated in a group of essential hypertensive patients. Seventy-one essential hypertensive patients (35 men and 36 women), aged 51 +/- 1 years, were genotyped by PCR for the I/D polymorphism of the ACE gene. Cardiac morphology and function were...
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