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beta-2 adrenergic receptor gene variations, blood pressure, and heart size in normal twins.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Feb 2000
Busjahn A, Li G H, Faulhaber H D, Rosenthal M, Becker A, Jeschke E, Schuster H, Timmermann B, Hoehe M R, Luft F C
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variability, which influences cardiovascular phenotypes in normal persons, is likely to be relevant to cardiovascular disease. We studied normal monozygotic and dizygotic twins and found strong genetic influences on blood pressure and heart size. We then relied on the dizygotic twins and their parents to apply molecular genetic techniques. We performed a linkage analysis with markers close to the beta-2...
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