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Lack of correlation between Mbo I restriction fragment length polymorphism of renin gene and essential hypertension in Japanese.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 May 2001
Fu Y, Katsuya T, Asai T, Fukuda M, Inamoto N, Iwashima Y, Sugimoto K, Rakugi H, Higaki J, Ogihara T
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Predisposition to essential hypertension is associated with gene polymorphisms of the renin angiotensin system (RAS). Gene polymorphisms of the angiotensinogen and angiotensin converting enzyme genes are known to be risk factors for hypertension, while few studies concerning the renin gene polymorphism have been published. In the present investigation, we carried out a case control study using a Japanese...
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