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Variation at the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene and angiotensinogen gene loci in relation to blood pressure.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Dec 1996
Kiema T R, Kauma H, Rantala A O, Lilja M, Reunanen A, Kesäniemi Y A, Savolainen M J
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To investigate whether the polymorphisms in the angiotensin-converting enzyme and angiotensinogen genes are associated with hypertension, we carried out a case-control study of 508 hypertensive and 523 control subjects randomly selected from the Social Insurance Institution register. The cohorts were well characterized and matched for age and sex. The insertion/ deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting...
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