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Lys(173)Arg and -344T/C variants of CYP11B2 in Japanese patients with low-renin hypertension.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Mar 2000
Komiya I, Yamada T, Takara M, Asawa T, Shimabukuro M, Nishimori T, Takasu N
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed the association of 2 biallelic polymorphisms of CYP11B2 (P450c11AS) gene (1 in the Lys(173)Arg of exon 3 and the other in the promoter at position -344T/C) with hypertension in 73 hypertensive patients and 134 normotensive subjects. The association between low-renin hypertension and angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) gene was also analyzed. An elevated ratio of plasma aldosterone concentration to...
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