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Using genotyping to predict responses to anti-hypertensive treatment.
Trends in pharmacological sciences - 1 Sept 2005
Kurland Lisa, Lind Lars, Melhus Håkan
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Hypertension is prevalent and affects approximately 1 in every 4 adults in the Western world. Although many drugs are effective in treating hypertension, an individual's response to treatment is unpredictable. Pharmacogenetics holds the promise of becoming a tool to predict this response but obstacles and shortcomings need to be overcome. Significant developments in molecular biology, including the sequencing of...
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