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Association of natriuretic peptide receptor-C gene with ischemic stroke and hypertension in Chinese Han population.
Clinical and experimental hypertension (New York, N.Y. : 1993) - 1 Jan 2012
Liu Ying, Li Shuyuan, Chen Xingdong, Zheng Lijuan, Yang Yajun, Jin Li, Wang Xiaofeng
Abstract excerpt
To investigate whether natriuretic peptide receptor-C (NPR3) gene polymorphisms were associated with ischemic stroke (IS) and hypertension (a conventional risk factor for stroke), we conducted a case-control study in Chinese Han population. We found that rs696831, located in intron 2, was associated with IS. In addition, we found that rs16890208 and rs700925, in linkage disequilibrium (LD) with each other in...
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