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Current status of genome-wide scanning for hypertension.
Current opinion in cardiology - 1 Jul 2007
Hamet Pavel, Seda Ondrej
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The current review focuses on new trends in genome-wide assessment of the inherited component of blood pressure variation. RECENT FINDINGS: Systematic linkage and association analyses of a region on chromosome 1q, complemented by gene prioritization with comparative genomic evidence, revealed variants in three genes contributing to tangible increases in blood pressure. The results of one of the...
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