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Genetic variation of the gamma subunit of the epithelial Na+ channel and essential hypertension. Relationship with salt sensitivity.
American journal of hypertension - 1 Jun 2000
Poch E, González D, de la Sierra A, Giner V, Bragulat E, Botey A, Coca A, Rivera F
Abstract excerpt
We evaluated the association of a common polymorphism in gammaENaC, consisting in a C to G transversion in codon 649, with essential hypertension and to the pressor response to salt in whites. Two hundred fifteen essential hypertensive patients, and 137 normotensive controls were genotyped for the gamma649 ENaC polymorphism by polymerase chain reaction method and diagnostic restriction enzyme digestion. The...
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