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[Association of angiotensin converting enzyme polymorphism and echocardiographic measures in young siblings of hypertensive parents].
Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) - 1 Jan 2000
Franken Roberto Alexandre, Bellesso Marcelo, Cavazin Adriana M, Polônio Igor Bastos, Mattheucci Euclides, Varga José
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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate angiotensin converting enzyme gene (ACE) polymorphism with transthoracic bidimensional echocardiogram of normotensive young medical students, siblings of hypertensive parents comparing them with those with normotensive parents. METHOD: We had studied 80 normotensive youngs divided in two groups. Hypertensive parents' normotensive young medical students 40 x Normotensive parents' and...
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