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Licorice-induced hypertension and common variants of genes regulating renal sodium reabsorption.
Annals of medicine - 1 Sept 2010
Miettinen Helena E, Piippo Kirsi, Hannila-Handelberg Tuula, Paukku Kirsi, Hiltunen Timo P, Gautschi Ivan, Schild Laurent, Kontula Kimmo
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AIM: To study if gene alterations affecting renal sodium reabsorption associate with susceptibility to licorice-induced hypertension. METHODS: Finnish subjects (n = 30) with a previously documented incident of licorice-induced hypertension were recruited for the study using a newspaper announcement. Their previous clinical and family histories as well as serum electrolyte levels were examined. DNA samples from...
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