Hypertension and SNP genotyping in antihypertensive treatment.

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Hypertension is prevalent, affecting approx 20--25% of the adult population in the Western world. Primary hypertension is a multifactorial, complex disorder where many genes and genetic variants are assumed to interact with environmental factors in order to produce the specific blood pressure level for a given individual. Family and twin studies show that between 30 and 60% of blood pressure variation is...

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