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Angiotensinogen-M235T genotype and post-transplant hypertension.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association - 1 Aug 1996
Beige J, Weber A, Engeli S, Offermann G, Distler A, Sharma A M
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BACKGROUND: The angiotensinogen gene has been linked to the development of essential hypertension, and a M235T variant of this gene, associated with increased plasma levels of angiotensinogen, is more common in hypertensives than in normotensive controls in various populations. The present study was conducted to examine whether the M235T variant of the angiotensinogen gene may be a risk factor for the development...
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