T235 variant of the angiotensinogen gene and blood pressure in the Chilean population.

doi:10.1097/00004872-199816060-00014

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T235 variant of the angiotensinogen gene and blood pressure in the Chilean population.

Journal of hypertension - 1 Jun 1998

Fardella C E, Claverie X, Vignolo P, Montero J, Villarroel L

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BACKGROUND: The angiotensinogen gene has recently been linked to essential hypertension. A variant within this gene, encoding threonine rather than methionine at amino acid position 235, was associated with essential hypertension. However, results of new studies have not confirmed this associatio...

Topics

Aldosterone
Angiotensinogen
Blood Pressure
Chile
DNA
DNA Primers
Female
Genotype
Humans
Hypertension
Male
Middle Aged
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Genetic
Prevalence
Renin

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