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Genetic factors in hypertension. Angiotensin-converting enzyme polymorphism.
Kardiologia polska - 1 Jul 2004
Czarnecka Danuta, Kawecka-Jaszcz Kalina, Stolarz Katarzyna, Olszanecka Agnieszka, Kieć-Wilk Beata, Dembińska-Kieć Aldona
Abstract excerpt
AIM: The key enzyme of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), shows the genetic polymorphism responsible for the varying activity of this enzyme. In a study of randomly chosen families we analyzed the relationship between insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the ACE and ambulatory blood pressure (ABP), left ventricular mass index (LVMI) and carotid intima-media thickness...
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