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Kininogen gene (KNG) variation has a consistent effect on aldosterone response to antihypertensive drug therapy: the GERA study.
Physiological genomics - 9 Sept 2009
Barbalic Maja, Schwartz Gary L, Chapman Arlene B, Turner Stephen T, Boerwinkle Eric
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Recent experimental and clinical studies suggested that apart from playing an essential role in blood pressure homeostasis, aldosterone is involved in the pathophysiology of cardiovascular and renal diseases by inducing structural changes in the heart, kidney, and vessel wall. The interindividual variation of aldosterone response to antihypertensive treatment is considerable, and is at least partially explained...
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