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Review: association between angiotensin converting enzyme G2350A polymorphism and hypertension risk: a meta-analysis.
Journal of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system : JRAAS - 1 Mar 2011
Wenquan Niu, Yue Qi, Pingjin Gao, Dingliang Zhu
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: An exonic polymorphism G2350A (rs4343) in angiotensin converting enzyme (protein: ACE; gene: ACE) was shown to exert the most significant influence on plasma ACE levels. We therefore performed a meta-analysis to investigate association of ACE G2350A polymorphism with hypertension. METHODS: Published case-control studies in English were identified. A total of four studies with 1699 cases...
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