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Association analysis of two tyrosine hydroxylase gene polymorphisms in normotensive offspring from hypertensive families.
Blood pressure - 1 Jan 2000
Jindra A, Jachymova M, Horký K, Peleska J, Umnerová V, Bultas J, Savlïková J
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OBJECTIVE: We have studied possible association between predisposition to essential hypertension, plasma noradrenaline level and two polymorphisms of the gene for tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), the rate-limiting enzyme of catecholamine biosynthesis. DESIGN AND METHODS: One hundred and one normotensive sons from normotensive parents (SN) and 107 normotensive sons of hypertensive families (SH) were studied....
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