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Association of TSC gene variants and hypertension in Mongolian and Han populations.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 17 May 2011
Chang P Y, Zhao L G, Su X L
Abstract excerpt
We investigated a possible association between genetic variations in the thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl cotransporter (TSC) gene and essential hypertension (EH) in the Mongolian and Han ethnic groups in Inner Mongolia. Our study included 385 unrelated Mongolian herdsmen and 523 Han farmers. Nine tagSNPs of TSC were identified from the Chinese HapMap database based on pairwise r(2) ≥ 0.5 and minor allele frequency...
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