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Genome-wide scan for linkage to obesity-associated hypertension in French Canadians.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Dec 2005
Pausova Zdenka, Gaudet Daniel, Gossard Francis, Bernard Manon, Kaldunski Mary L, Jomphe Michele, Tremblay Johanne, Hudson Thomas J, Bouchard Gerard, Kotchen Theodore A, Cowley Allen W, Hamet Pavel
Abstract excerpt
Essential hypertension is a heterogeneous disorder that is thought to develop because of several overlapping subsets of underlying mechanisms. One such causal pathway may involve pathophysiological alterations induced by obesity. In the present study, we examined whether investigating clinically defined subtypes of hypertension, such as obesity-associated hypertension, facilitates the search for its genes....
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