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Association of angiotensin converting enzyme gene polymorphisms with left ventricular hypertrophy.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 Apr 2005
Saeed Mohammad, Saleheen Danish, Siddiqui Sammer, Khan Aisha, Butt Zahid A, Frossard Philippe M
Abstract excerpt
The angiotensin converting enzyme gene (ACE) is of much interest as a candidate gene conferring an individual's genetic susceptibility to left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). LVH has long been thought to be an end point of essential hypertension (EH), rather than a separate entity, though it is influenced by a unique set of hormonal, vascular and genetic factors. In this study, we attempted to determine whether...
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