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The contributory role of angiotensin receptor-like 1 gene multiple polymorphisms in hypertension among northeastern Han Chinese.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Liu Ruoshan, Zhao Hongye, Wang Yuefei, Wang Yanli, Lu Changzhu, Xiao Yu, Jia Nan, Wang Bin, Niu Wenquan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Via direct sequencing, we have recently identified six common polymorphisms in angiotensin receptor-like 1 (AGTRL1) gene, and found only two polymorphisms were significantly associated with hypertension in a family-based analysis on 1,015 southern Han Chinese. Extending our previous work and considering the ubiquity of epistasis in determining disease susceptibility, we, in this study,...
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