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Association of ACE, ACE2 and UTS2 polymorphisms with essential hypertension in Han and Dongxiang populations from north-western China.
The Journal of international medical research - 1 Jan 2000
Yi L, Gu Y H, Wang X L, An L Z, Xie X D, Shao W, Ma L Y, Fang J R, An Y D, Wang F, Zhang D L
Abstract excerpt
To assess the significance of polymorphisms of the genes for angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and urotensin II (UTS2) as risk factors for essential hypertension in two populations from north-western China, we enrolled 198 patients with essential hypertension and 131 healthy controls from the Han population and 120 patients with essential hypertension and 102 healthy...
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