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The angiotensinogen T235 variant and the use of antihypertensive drugs in a population-based cohort.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Feb 1997
Schunkert H, Hense H W, Gimenez-Roqueplo A P, Stieber J, Keil U, Riegger G A, Jeunemaitre X
Abstract excerpt
Variants of the angiotensinogen gene may increase the risk of developing arterial hypertension, but their effect on the use of antihypertensive medication in the general population remains unclear. Thus, we determined T174M and M235T allele status and angiotensinogen plasma levels in a cross-sectional sample of 634 middle-aged subjects (48.4% men) from the Monitoring Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular...
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