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Impact of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system genes on the treatment response of patients with hypertension and metabolic syndrome.
Journal of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system : JRAAS - 1 Dec 2007
Milionis Haralampos J, Kostapanos Michael S, Vakalis Konstantinos, Theodorou Ioanna, Bouba Ioanna, Kalaitzidis Rigas, Georgiou Ioannis, Elisaf Moses S, Siamopoulos Kostas C
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of clinical, biochemical and genetic markers on the response to antihypertensive treatment in patients with essential hypertension and the metabolic syndrome (MetS). METHODS: Measurements of anthropometric indices, blood pressure (BP), and metabolic parameters were obtained from the medical records of 132 (77 women) newly diagnosed, untreated hypertensive patients....
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