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Smoking-dependent effects of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism on blood pressure.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Feb 2004
Schut Anna F C, Sayed-Tabatabaei Fakhredin A, Witteman Jacqueline C M, Avella Aida M Bertoli, Vergeer Jeannette M, Pols Huibert A P, Hofman Albert, Deinum Jaap, van Duijn Cornelia M
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BACKGROUND: Studies on the role of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene in the development of hypertension have yielded conflicting results. Recent studies suggested that this gene might have smoking-dependent effects on the development of cardiovascular disease. OBJECTIVE: To study the r...
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