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Associations of angiotensinogen gene mutations with hypertension and myocardial infarction in a gulf population.
Clinical genetics - 1 Oct 1998
Frossard P M, Hill S H, Elshahat Y I, Obineche E N, Bokhari A M, Lestringant G G, John A, Abdulle A M
Abstract excerpt
To date, the human angiotensinogen (AGT) gene and some of its variants represent the best examples of genetic influences that are involved in the determination of essential hypertension (EH) and associated cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). To assess the value of genotyping AGT in a genetically homogeneous population, we carried out a retrospective, case control study of variants M235T and T174M for putative...
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