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The GNB3 C825T polymorphism and essential hypertension: a meta-analysis of 34 studies including 14,094 cases and 17,760 controls.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Mar 2007
Bagos Pantelis G, Elefsinioti Antigoni L, Nikolopoulos Georgios K, Hamodrakas Stavros J
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OBJECTIVES: The C825T single nucleotide polymorphism of the G-protein beta3 (GNB3) has been implicated in susceptibility to essential hypertension, through the expression of an alternatively spliced truncated variant. In an effort to clarify earlier inconclusive results, we performed a meta-analysis of population-based case-control genetic association studies. METHODS: Random-effects methods were applied on...
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