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Quantitative assessment of the effect of angiotensinogen gene polymorphisms on the risk of coronary heart disease.
Circulation - 18 Sept 2007
Xu Ming-Qing, Ye Zheng, Hu Frank B, He Lin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Angiotensinogen, a key protein in the renin-angiotensin system, plays an important role in cardiovascular hemostasis. Many studies have examined the association between polymorphisms in the angiotensinogen gene and risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), but the results have been inconsistent. METHODS AND RESULTS: We performed a meta-analysis of 43 associations studies on 2 angiotensinogen polymorphisms...
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