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Association of the alpha-adducin polymorphism with blood pressure and risk of myocardial infarction.
Journal of human hypertension - 1 Feb 2000
Psaty B M, Doggen C, Vos H L, Vandenbroucke J P, Rosendaal F R
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variation in adducin, a protein associated with the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane, may be in part responsible for salt-sensitive hypertension. In the Netherlands, 560 men who survived a myocardial infarction and 646 men who had undergone an orthopaedic intervention participated in a case-control study. In men in this study, the alpha-adducin polymorphism was not associated with the risk of...
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