Association of angiotensin II type 1 receptor gene polymorphism with essential hypertension.

doi:10.1111/j.1399-0004.1997.tb02410.x

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Association of angiotensin II type 1 receptor gene polymorphism with essential hypertension.

Clinical genetics - 1 Jan 1997

Wang W Y, Zee R Y, Morris B J

Abstract excerpt

The renin-angiotensin system is involved in control of blood pressure and salt and fluid homeostasis. Genes for components of this system have been of major focus in research on the causation of the common, complex, polygenic trait, essential hypertension (HT). Association of an A-->C variant at...

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Adult
Aged
Blood Pressure
Body Mass Index
Female
Gene Frequency
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Humans
Hypertension
Male
Middle Aged
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Genetic
Receptors, Angiotensin

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