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Variants of renin-angiotensin system genes and echocardiographic left ventricular mass.
European heart journal - 1 Jul 1998
Kauma H, Ikäheimo M, Savolainen M J, Kiema T R, Rantala A O, Lilja M, Reunanen A, Kesäniemi Y A
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Variants of renin-angiotensin system genes are shown to be associated with cardiovascular pathology. The association between renin-angiotensin system genes and left ventricular mass was investigated in a population-based case-control study. METHODS AND RESULTS: The association between echocardiographic left ventricular mass and both insertion/deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene...
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