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Association of ECE1 gene polymorphisms and essential hypertension risk in the Northern Han Chinese: A case-control study.
Molecular genetics & genomic medicine - 1 Apr 2020
Wang Hao, Liu Jielin, Liu Kuo, Liu Ya, Wen Jie, Wang Zuoguang, Wen Shaojun
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BACKGROUND: The ECE1 gene polymorphisms have been studied as a candidate gene in essential hypertension, but no consensus has been reached. To systematically explore their possible association, a case-control study was conducted. METHODS: This study included 398 hypertensive subjects and 596 healthy volunteers as control subjects in the Northern Han Chinese. A total of 10 tag SNPs of ECE1 gene were genotyped...
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