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Glutathione S-transferase M1 and T1 gene polymorphisms and risk of hypertension in tea garden workers of North-East India.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 Nov 2011
Borah Prasanta K, Shankarishan Priyanka, Mahanta Jagadish
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AIMS: Polymorphisms of genes encoding phase II metabolic enzymes, for example, glutathione S-transferase, have been linked with hypertension. The present study aimed at finding out the association between GSTM1 and GSTT1 polymorphism and hypertension in a population from North-East India. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We carried out a case-control study in tea garden workers of Assam. A total of 223 hypertensive cases...
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