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Nature/nurture and the nature of nurture in the etiology of hypertension.
Experientia - 15 Apr 1992
Blizard A
Abstract excerpt
Four reviews on the the role of developmental factors in hypertension are introduced and set in historical context. Recent research in the laboratory rat has shown that the preweaning environment makes an important contribution to the level of blood-pressure reached in adult life in genetic models of hypertension. Both of the most commonly used models of hypertension, the SHR and SS/Jr rat strains, exhibit lower...
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