The genetics of human hypertension.

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Human hypertension is a common and complex disease and is associated with diabetes, cardiovascular, and renal disease. Therefore, it is important to understand the genetic basis of this disease. Specific genetic mutations leading to monogenic forms of hypertension have been identified in Liddle's syndrome and glucocorticoid-remediable hypertension and in some syndromes in which blood pressure is lowered. Because...

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