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Angiotensinogen polymorphism M235T, carotid atherosclerosis, and small-vessel disease-related cerebral abnormalities.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Jul 2001
Schmidt R, Schmidt H, Fazekas F, Launer L J, Niederkorn K, Kapeller P, Lechner A, Kostner G M
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The angiotensinogen M235T polymorphism has been linked to hypertension and cardiovascular disease. We studied the role of this polymorphism as a risk factor for carotid atherosclerosis and small-vessel disease-related brain abnormalities. A total of 431 randomly selected community-dwelling subjects without clinical evidence for strokes underwent angiotensinogen genotyping and carotid Duplex scanning; 1.5-T brain...
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