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[Polymorphism of the ACE gene and left ventricular morphology and function in patients with borderline, mild and moderate hypertension].
Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej - 1 Mar 1998
Swierblewska E, Chrostowska M, Dudziak M, Jagoda J, Winnicki M, Narkiewicz K, Pawłowski R, Krupa-Wojciechowska B
Abstract excerpt
It has been reported that the allel D of an insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) gene is associated with the conditions of increased cardiovascular risk, including the left ventricular hypertrophy and the dysfunction. We examined the relation between the genotype of ACE gene and the left ventricular function in normotensives and in borderline, mild and moderate...
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