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Influence of an insertion variant in the 5'UTR of the endothelin-1 gene on orthostatic intolerance.
The American journal of the medical sciences - 1 Oct 2005
Winker Robert, Garland Emily M, Rüdiger Hugo W, Diedrich André, Biaggioni Italo, Ponocny Ivo, Cascorbi Ingolf, Robertson David
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BACKGROUND: Orthostatic intolerance is a multifactorial disease in which the genetic contribution is probably the result of a number of genes acting in combination. Recent work has shown that orthostatic intolerance is influenced by endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphisms. Since endothelin-1 (ET-1) is one of the most important vasoconstrictor peptides, a frequent adenine insertion polymorphism within...
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