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Genome-wide scan for pulse pressure in the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Aug 2004
DeStefano Anita L, Larson Martin G, Mitchell Gary F, Benjamin Emelia J, Vasan Ramachandran S, Li Jiang, Corey Diane, Levy Daniel
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The objective of this study was to assess heritability and identify chromosomal regions showing evidence of linkage to pulse pressure (PP), a simple indicator of proximal conduit vessel stiffness. Blood pressure data were analyzed for 8478 members of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's...
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