Association of angiotensinogen gene SNPs and haplotypes with risk of hypertension in eastern Indian population

• Main Authors: Pulakes Purkait (Author), Kalpataru Halder (Author), Sunil Thakur (Author), Abhishikta Ghosh Roy (Author), Pradip Raychaudhuri (Author), Sandip Bhattacharya (Author), B. N. Sarkar (Author), J. M. Naidu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Angiotensinogen (AGT) enzyme comprises a vital module of RAAS system that effectively controls the blood pressure and related cardiovascular functions. Ample association studies have reported the importance of AGT variants in cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular adversities. But...