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Maternally inherited hypertension is associated with the mitochondrial tRNA(Ile) A4295G mutation in a Chinese family.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 21 Mar 2008
Li Zongbin, Liu Yuqi, Yang Li, Wang Shiwen, Guan Min-Xin
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Mutations in mitochondrial DNA have been associated with cardiovascular disease. We report here the clinical, genetic, and molecular characterization of one three-generation Han Chinese family with maternally transmitted hypertension. All matrilineal relatives in this family exhibited the variable degree of hypertension at the age at onset of 36 to 56 years old. Sequence analysis of the complete mitochondrial DNA...
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