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T+31C polymorphism (M235T) of the angiotensinogen gene and home blood pressure in the Japanese general population: the Ohasama Study.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 Jan 2003
Matsubara Mitsunobu, Metoki Hirohito, Katsuya Tomohiro, Kikuya Masahiro, Suzuki Michiko, Michimata Mari, Araki Tsutomu, Hozawa Atsushi, Tsuji Ichiro, Ogihara Toshio, Imai Yutaka
Abstract excerpt
The angiotensinogen (AGT) gene polymorphism M235T (a methionine to threonine amino acid substitution) has been investigated in association with essential hypertension (EHT) based on conventional measurement of blood pressure (BP); however, the results have been inconsistent. Recently, we have been conducting lines of genetic analysis on a general population of Ohasama Town in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, who measured...
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