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Linkage analysis of 2q14-q23 and 5q32 with blood pressure quantitative traits in Chinese sib pairs.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Feb 2003
Ge Dongliang, Yang Wenjie, Huang Jianfeng, Yao Cailiang, Xu Xisheng, Gan Wenqi, Zhao Jiangong, Liu Donghai, Wang Xiaoling, Duan Xiufang, Hui Rutai, Shen Yan, Yao Zhijian, Qiang Boqin, Gu Dongfeng
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OBJECTIVES: Several genome-wide scans recently accomplished in the ethnic Chinese revealed a number of candidate loci possibly contributing to essential hypertension, and some appeared to be replicable in 2q14-q23 and 5q32. The current study aimed to examine the linkage of qualitative and blood pressure quantitative traits in essential hypertension with these genomic regions in a large sample of Chinese...
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