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Are RGS2 gene polymorphisms associated with high blood pressure in an ethnicity- and gender-specific manner?
American journal of hypertension - 1 Jan 2009
Hahntow Ines N, Mairuhu Gideon, van Valkengoed Irene G M, Baas Frank, Alewijnse Astrid E, Koopmans Richard P, Michel Martin C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Polymorphisms in the Regulator of G-protein Signaling 2 (RGS2) gene have been reported to be associated with hypertension (HT) in Japanese women and black Americans of either gender but not in white Americans or Japanese men. We have tested whether these proposed ethnicity- and gender-specific associations between RGS2 gene polymorphisms and HT can be confirmed in an independent population of male and...
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