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Beta1-adrenergic receptor gene polymorphisms and response to beta1-adrenergic receptor blockade in patients with essential hypertension.
Clinical cardiology - 1 Jun 2004
Karlsson J, Lind L, Hallberg P, Michaëlsson K, Kurland L, Kahan T, Malmqvist K, Ohman K P, Nyström F, Melhus H
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BACKGROUND: Studies suggest that the Ser49Gly and Arg389Gly polymorphisms in the beta1-adrenergic receptor might be of functional importance for the cardiovascular system. Both have been associated with altered receptor activity in vitro, and with hypertension and cardiac failure in vivo. HYPOTHESIS: The aim of this study was to test whether these polymorphisms were associated with the change in heart rate or...
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