Variation at the Angiotensin-converting enzyme and endothelial nitric oxide synthase genes is associated with the risk of esophageal varices among patients with alcoholic cirrhosis.

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Esophageal varices are a frequent complication among patients with liver cirrhosis. Nitric oxide and other vasoactive molecules regulate the vascular tone in both the liver microcirculation and the systemic and splanchnic circulation. Several genes that encode proteins involved in the maintenance...

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