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Analysis of renin-angiotensin aldosterone system gene polymorphisms in Malaysian essential hypertensive and type 2 diabetic subjects.
Cardiovascular diabetology - 25 Feb 2009
Ramachandran Vasudevan, Ismail Patimah, Stanslas Johnson, Shamsudin Norashikin
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BACKGROUND: The renin-angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS) plays an important role in regulating the blood pressure and the genetic polymorphisms of RAAS genes has been extensively studied in relation to the cardiovascular diseases in various populations with conflicting results. The aim of this study was to determine the association of five genetic polymorphisms (A6G and A20C of angiotensinogen (AGT), MboI of...
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