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Vascular endothelial growth factor polymorphism (-460 T/C) is related to hypertension-associated chronic kidney disease.
Clinical and experimental hypertension (New York, N.Y. : 1993) - 1 Jan 2000
Małkiewicz Anna, Myśliwska Jolanta, Skrzypkowska Maria, Słomiński Bartosz, Siebert Janusz, Gutknecht Piotr
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Our aim was to characterize the endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in normotensive controls and treated hypertensive individuals within the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) -460 C/T polymorphism as well as to investigate whether this polymorphism predisposes to hypertension-related chronic kidney disease. The hypertensive patients bearing the TT genotype had the highest levels of immature EPC with the...
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