Association of the renin gene polymorphism with essential hypertension in a Chinese population.

doi:10.1111/j.1399-0004.1997.tb02493.x

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Association of the renin gene polymorphism with essential hypertension in a Chinese population.

Clinical genetics - 1 Jun 1997

Chiang F T, Hsu K L, Tseng C D, Lo H M, Chern T H, Tseng Y Z

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To study the association of renin gene polymorphism with essential hypertension in the Chinese population, 86 hypertensive and 107 normotensive subjects were enrolled from an epidemiologic survey. Leukocyte DNA was extracted and digested with Hind III and Bgl I restriction enzymes. Southern hybri...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Alleles
China
Deoxyribonuclease HindIII
Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific
Female
Gene Frequency
Genetics, Population
Humans
Hypertension
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Middle Aged
Polymorphism, Genetic
Renin
Taiwan

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