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Evidence for a gene on chromosome 13 influencing postural systolic blood pressure change and body mass index.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Apr 2004
North Kari E, Rose Kathryn M, Borecki Ingrid B, Oberman Albert, Hunt Steven C, Miller Michael B, Blangero John, Almasy Laura, Pankow James S
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Previous analysis in the Hypertension Genetic Epidemiology Network (HyperGEN) of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Family Blood Pressure Program, a multicenter study of genetic and environmental factors related to hypertension, indicated regions of linkage for blood pressure traits together with several coincident regions for phenotypically correlated traits, including systolic blood pressure...
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