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A new mutation, R563Q, of the beta subunit of the epithelial sodium channel associated with low-renin, low-aldosterone hypertension.
Journal of hypertension - 1 May 2003
Rayner Brian L, Owen E Patricia, King Judy A, Soule Steven G, Vreede Heleen, Opie Lionel H, Marais David, Davidson James S
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between R563Q, a mutation of the renal epithelial sodium channel, and hypertension. METHODS: Hypertensive patients with low renin and aldosterone, hypokalemia or resistant hypertension were selected for DNA analysis. Genomic DNA encoding the C-terminal domain of the epithelial sodium channel beta subunit from hypertensives and controls was amplified by polymerase chain...
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