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GNB3 gene C825T and ACE gene I/D polymorphisms in essential hypertension in a Kazakh genetic isolate.
Journal of human hypertension - 1 Sept 2004
Wang X, Wang S, Lin R, Jiang X, Cheng Z, Turdi J, Ding J, Wu G, Lu X, Wen H
Abstract excerpt
The Kazakh inhabitants living in Barkol pasture of northeast China belong to a genetic isolate characterized by ethnically homogeneous and a communal pastoral lifestyle. To investigate whether the polymorphisms in the G-protein beta-3 subunit (GNB3) gene and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene are associated with essential hypertension (EH), we carried out a case-control study of 290 hypertensive subjects...
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