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Association of angiotensinogen gene T235 variant with increased risk of coronary heart disease.
Lancet (London, England) - 24 Jun 1995
Katsuya T, Koike G, Yee T W, Sharpe N, Jackson R, Norton R, Horiuchi M, Pratt R E, Dzau V J, MacMahon S
Abstract excerpt
Several genes, including some encoding components of the renin angiotensin system, are associated with the risk of cardiovascular diseases. There have been reports linking a homozygous deletion allele of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene (DD) with an increased risk of myocardial infarction, and some variants of the angiotensinogen gene with an increased risk of hypertension. In a case-control study of...
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