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Aldosterone synthase gene in patients suffering from hyperaldosteronism.
Endocrine research - 1 Jan 2000
Hampf M, Widimský J, Bernhardt R
Abstract excerpt
In this study the known promoter region of P450aldo gene (CYP11B2) was investigated in patients with idiopathic hyperaldosteronism, a disease characterised by hypertension due to aldosterone oversecretion. We amplified the 2.2 kb promoter region of 6 patients and 7 controls from the same ethnic population by PCR and sequenced the product. Thirteen polymorphic sites were found. Of the most significant, one was...
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