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Molecular variants of the thiazide-sensitive Na+-Cl- cotransporter in hypertensive families.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Oct 2007
Keszei András P, Tislér András, Backx Peter H, Andrulis Irene L, Bull Shelley B, Logan Alexander G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl cotransporter (TSC) is involved in the fine regulation of sodium excretion by the kidney, and an increase in its activity causes salt-sensitive hypertension and hypercalciuria. METHODS: To explore the possibility that activating mutations in the TSC gene may be involved in the pathogenesis of primary hypertension, we screened genomic DNA of 68 individuals from hypertensive...
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