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Angiotensinogen M235T associated with mitral valve prolapse in young Han Chinese male.
The American journal of the medical sciences - 1 Sept 2008
Lung For-Wey, Chang Wei-To, Kao Wei-Tsung
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A potential role for the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in mitral valve prolapse (MVP) has been reported. The RAS genes are good candidates for evaluating the association with MVP. The angiotensinogen (AGT) gene has an important role in RAS and was shown to be related to MVP. However, no study on the association of AGT M235T in men with MVP has been reported. In this article, we investigated the...
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