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Renin and angiotensin-converting enzyme genotypes in patients with essential hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy.
Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology - 1 Mar 1994
West M J, Summers K M, Burstow D J, Wong K K, Huggard P R
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1. The associations between left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and specific alleles of the renin and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) genes were studied in patients with essential hypertension and normal blood pressure. 2. LVH was present in 42% of those with essential hypertension (n = 72) and 17% of those with normal blood pressure (n = 44). 3. The frequency of each renin allele was the same in hypertensive...
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