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Blood pressure QTLs identified by genome-wide linkage analysis and dependence on associated phenotypes.
Physiological genomics - 28 Feb 2002
Harrap Stephen B, Wong Zilla Y H, Stebbing Margaret, Lamantia Angela, Bahlo Melanie
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Understanding genetic factors that contribute to population-wide variation in blood pressure is likely to benefit prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. The aim of the Victorian Family Heart Study is to identify genes for cardiovascular risk in 783 volunteer adult families recruited from the general population. In this preliminary study we sought to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) using a...
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