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No evidence for angiotensin type 2 receptor gene polymorphism in intron 1 in patients with coarctation of the aorta and Ullrich-Turner syndrome.
Pediatric cardiology - 1 Jan 2000
Struwe E, Krammer K, Dötsch J, Metzler M, Dörr H G, Cesnjevar R, Rascher W, Koch A
Abstract excerpt
In male patients with congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract, an increased incidence of a polymorphism in the angiotensin type 2 receptor gene (AT2R) has been identified. The AT2R has been shown to be involved in apoptosis, particularly during embryogenesis. The aim of this study was to examine the A-->1675G transition polymorphism in intron 1 of the AT2R gene that is located on the X chromosome in...
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