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Homozygosity by descent mapping of blood pressure in the Old Order Amish: evidence for sex specific genetic architecture.
BMC genetics - 1 Oct 2007
McArdle Patrick F, Dytch Harvey, O'Connell Jeffery R, Shuldiner Alan R, Mitchell Braxton D, Abney Mark
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BACKGROUND: High blood pressure is a well established risk factor for morbidity and mortality acting through heart disease, stroke and cardiovascular disease. Genome wide scans have linked regions of nearly every human chromosome to blood pressure related traits. We have capitalized on beneficial qualities of the Old Order Amish of Lancaster, PA, a closed founder population with a relatively small number of...
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