Methods and compositions of correlating tissue kallikrein gene promoter polymorphisms with essential hypertension
US5948616A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 14, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 14, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12Q2600/156
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method is provided for identifying a human subject as having an increased or decreased risk of developing essential hypertension, comprising determining the presence in the subject of an allele in the promoter region of the subject's tissue kallikrein gene correlated with an increased or decreased risk of developing essential hypertension, the presence of the allele identifying the subject as having an increased or decreased risk of developing essential hypertension.
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