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Angiotensinogen gene M235T variant and pre-eclampsia in Romanian pregnant women.
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Procopciuc Lucia, Jebeleanu Gh, Surcel I, Puscas M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Association between the human angiotensinogen gene and essential hypertension has been confirmed in recent studies. Pre-eclampsia is a complication of pregnancy characterised by increased vascular resistance, high blood pressure, proteinuria and oedema, that appears in the second and third trimester of pregnancy. The aim of our study was the analysis of M235T mutation in the gene encoding...
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