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Genetic variation in the promoter region of the beta2 bradykinin receptor gene is associated with essential hypertension in a Chinese Han population.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 May 2001
Wang B, Dang A, Liu G
Abstract excerpt
The present study examined whether a genetic variant (-58T/C) in the promoter region of the human beta2 bradykinin receptor gene was genetically involved in essential hypertension. Chinese hypertensive subjects (n = 120) and normotensive controls (n = 98; sex- and age-matched with hypertensives) were recruited from the outpatients of Fu Wai hospital. Distribution of the -58T/C polymorphism was determined in...
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