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Angiotensinogen gene variation in a population case-control study of preeclampsia/eclampsia in Australians and Chinese.
Electrophoresis - 1 Aug 1997
Guo G, Wilton A N, Fu Y, Qiu H, Brennecke S P, Cooper D W
Abstract excerpt
Preeclampsia/eclampsia (PE/E) is a common disease of human pregnancy with a strong genetic component. The etiology of PE/E is unknown. Two recent reports indicated that the angiotensinogen gene (AGT) could be involved in susceptibility to PE/E. We performed a population-based case-control study in Australian and Chinese populations to investigate whether AGT is a good candidate gene for PE/E. A microsatellite...
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