Article
[Target organs involvement in arterial hypertension. The role of heredity and environment (study of twins)].
Kardiologiia - 1 Jan 2003
Sharandak A P, Kirichenko L L, Dvorianchikova Zh Iu, Korolev A P, Ezhova E O, Tseka O S, Elkina G M, Lil'in E T
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AIM: To elucidate relationship between hereditary and environmental factors in development of target organ damage in hypertension. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The state of myocardium, central nervous system, blood vessels (including funduscopic examination) was assessed in 64 pairs of mono- and dizygous hypertensive twins (mean age 57.2+/-3.2 years) and clinical and genetic analysis of qualitative and quantitative...
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