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Correlation of Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism with effect of antihypertensive therapy by Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor.
Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Mar 2003
Li Xiaotao, Du Yanmei, Du Yanfang, Huang Xizheng
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BACKGROUND: The correlation of the angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism with essential hypertension shown in previous studies is controversial, and the responses of hypertensive patients with different angiotensin-converting enzyme genotypes to treatment with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor merits investigation. METHODS: Eighty-nine patients with essential hypertension and 102...
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