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Candidate gene polymorphisms and their association with hypertension in Malays.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 Feb 2008
Ghazali Dzuzaini M, Rehman Asia, Rahman Abdul Rashid A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Knowledge of candidate gene polymorphisms in a population is useful for a variety of gene-disease association studies, particularly for some complex traits. A single nucleotide variant of the angiotensinogene gene (AGT M235T) and endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene (eNOS G894T) have been associated with hypertension. METHOD: A cross-sectional study consisting of 200 hypertensives and 198 age- and...
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