Analysis of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system gene polymorphisms in resistant hypertension
Essential hypertension is a disease multifactorially triggered by genetic and environmental factors. The contribution of genetic polymorphisms of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and clinical risk factors to the development of resistant hypertension was evaluated in 90 hypertensive patients...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2007-03-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2007000300005 |