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Genomic susceptibility loci for brain atrophy in hypertensive sibships from the GENOA study.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Apr 2005
Turner Stephen T, Fornage Myriam, Jack Clifford R, Mosley Thomas H, Kardia Sharon L R, Boerwinkle Eric, de Andrade Mariza
Abstract excerpt
We measured 366 microsatellite markers genome-wide to search for loci contributing to subcortical white matter ischemic damage (leukoariosis) and brain atrophy in 488 non-Hispanic white subjects (193 men, 295 women; mean age+/-SD=64.1+/-7.7 years; 79% hypertensive) from 223 sibships recruited through > or =2 members with essential hypertension diagnosed before age 60. Leukoariosis was quantitated by magnetic...
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