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Association between an angiotensinogen microsatellite marker in children and coronary events in their grandparents.
Circulation - 15 Jun 1996
Badenhop R F, Wang X L, Wilcken D E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recently we found that the deletion (D) allele of the insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the ACE gene in 404 children was associated with a history of coronary artery disease (CAD) in their grandparents. This led us to explore polymorphisms in other genes of the renin-angiotensin system in this same population. METHODS AND RESULTS: We determined the genotypes for three microsatellite markers...
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