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Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism and left ventricular hypertrophy in hemodialysis patients.
Japanese heart journal - 1 Nov 1997
Nagahara T, Ishigami T, Sano T, Ikeda Y, Hibi K, Uneda S, Umemura S, Ishii M
Abstract excerpt
The relationships between angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion (I) / deletion (D) polymorphism and left ventricular hypertrophy induced by hypertension or idiopathic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy have been studied. However, little is known about the association between this polymorphism and left ventricular hypertrophy induced by volume overload. The relationship between left ventricular hypertrophy...
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