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Associations of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor A1166C and the endothelial NO synthase G894T gene polymorphisms with silent subcortical white matter lesions in essential hypertension.
Stroke - 1 Sept 2005
Henskens Léon H G, Kroon Abraham A, van Boxtel Martin P J, Hofman Paul A M, de Leeuw Peter W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Silent white matter lesions (WMLs) may represent early target organ damage of the brain in patients with hypertension. Because these lesions may have a genetic background, we assessed the associations between polymorphisms of the renin-angiotensin system and the endothelia...
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