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Role of PC-1 and ACE genes on insulin resistance and cardiac mass in never-treated hypertensive patients. Suggestive evidence for a digenic additive modulation.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 1 Mar 2007
Perticone Francesco, Maio Raffaele, Di Paola Rosa, Sciacqua Angela, Marucci Antonella, De Cosmo Salvatore, Perticone Maria, Sesti Giorgio, Trischitta Vincenzo
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Insulin resistance and increased left ventricular mass (LVM) characterize patients with essential hypertension. Some genetic polymorphisms play a role in the modulation of both insulin resistance and LVM. The aim of this work was to investigate whether the PC-1 and ACE genes e...
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