Angiotensin I converting enzyme gene polymorphism in Chinese patients with hypertension.

doi:10.1016/s0895-7061(97)00036-8

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Angiotensin I converting enzyme gene polymorphism in Chinese patients with hypertension.

American journal of hypertension - 1 May 1997

Jeng J R, Harn H J, Jeng C Y, Yueh K C, Shieh S M

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Reports from different ethnic populations failed to show consistent findings on the association of hypertension with insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) gene. In this population association study in Chinese, we compared the distribution of the ACE ge...

Topics

Asian People
China
Female
Genotype
Humans
Hypertension
Male
Middle Aged
Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
Polymorphism, Genetic

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