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Lack of association of the angiotensin converting enzyme polymorphism with essential hypertension in a Chinese population.
American journal of hypertension - 1 Feb 1997
Chiang F T, Lai Z P, Chern T H, Tseng C D, Hsu K L, Lo H M, Tseng Y Z
Abstract excerpt
To examine the association between insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene and essential hypertension in a Chinese population, a case-control study was conducted using 157 hypertensive and 115 normotensive subjects. The I/D polymorphism of the ACE gene was identified by polymerase chain reaction. Plasma ACE activity was determined using spectrophotometry. The...
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