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The impact of an URAT1 polymorphism on the losartan treatment of hypertension and hyperuricemia.
Journal of clinical laboratory analysis - 1 Oct 2021
Wu Liting, Fan Yingchao, Wang Yuan, Li Zhumeng, Mao Delong, Zhuang Wenfang
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BACKGROUND: This study was designed to evaluate the impact of polymorphisms in the urate transporter 1 (URAT1) gene on the uricosuric action of losartan therapy in hypertensive patients suffering from hyperuricemia. METHODS: A MassARRAY approach was used to detect single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci in the URAT1 and CYP2C9 genes (16 and 2 loci, respectively) in 111 patients with hypertension and...
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