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Effect of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system gene polymorphisms on blood pressure response to antihypertensive treatment.
Chinese medical journal - 5 May 2007
Jiang Xiao, Sheng Hai-hui, Lin Gang, Li Jian, Lu Xin-zheng, Cheng Yun-lin, Huang Jun, Xiao Hua-sheng, Zhan Yi-yang
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) is important for the development of essential hypertension, and many antihypertensive drugs target it. This study was undertaken to determine whether polymorphisms in the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system are related to the blood pressure (BP) response to diuretic treatment in a Chinese Han ethnic population. METHODS: Fifty-four patients with...
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