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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Main Authors: S.R.S. Freitas, P.H. Cabello, R.S. Moura-Neto, L.C. Dolinsky, A.B. Lima, M. Barros, I. Bittencourt, I.L. Cordovil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2007-03-01
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