Monogenic forms of low-renin hypertension.

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Hypertension is an important public health problem affecting more than 50 million individuals in the US alone. The most common form, essential hypertension, results from the complex interplay between genetic predisposition and environmental influences. In contrast, monogenic (mendelian) forms of hypertension are caused by single gene mutations that are influenced little, if at all, by environmental factors. Most...

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