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Genetic determination of cardiac mass in normotensive rats: results from an F344xWKY cross.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Apr 1999
Sebkhi A, Zhao L, Lu L, Haley C S, Nunez D J, Wilkins M R
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Genetic determinants affect adult cardiac mass and the predisposition to develop cardiac hypertrophy. The aim of this study was to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) that control heart and left ventricular (LV) weight by use of normotensive inbred rat strains that differ in their adult cardia...
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