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Association of a variable number of tandem repeats in the endothelial constitutive nitric oxide synthase gene with essential hypertension in Japanese.
American journal of hypertension - 1 Jan 1998
Uwabo J, Soma M, Nakayama T, Kanmatsuse K
Abstract excerpt
An impaired synthesis of nitric oxide (NO) by the vascular endothelium has been implicated in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension (EH). The possible association between a variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) polymorphism in intron 4 of the endothelial constitutive NO synthase (ecNOS) g...
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