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Genetic susceptibility loci for essential hypertension and blood pressure on chromosome 17 in 147 Chinese pedigrees.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Aug 2004
Gu Fangyi, Ge Dongliang, Huang Jianfeng, Chen Jianhong, Yang Wenjie, Gu Dongfeng
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OBJECTIVES: We scanned human chromosome 17 to verify previous studies on the chromosome as well as to explore possible new loci of essential hypertension in a Chinese Han population. METHODS: A genomic scan of chromosome 17 with 15 microsatellite markers was conducted in a total of 757 individuals from 147 Chinese hypertension pedigrees. We used three softwares to analyse hypertension as a qualitative trait and...
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