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Angiotensin converting enzyme gene polymorphism is not related to essential hypertension in a Greek population.
American journal of hypertension - 1 Jul 1996
Vassilikioti S, Doumas M, Douma S, Petidis K, Karagiannis A, Balaska K, Vyzantiadis A, Zamboulis C
Abstract excerpt
Studies in various ethnic groups have shown contradictory evidence on the association of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) insertion/ deletion (I/D) polymorphism with essential hypertension. In addition, mistyping of the insertion allele in heterozygotes has been reported. We analyzed the ACE genotype of 98 hypertensive and 84 normotensive subjects of Greek origin. Genomic DNA was extracted from blood...
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