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Common variants in genes underlying monogenic hypertension and hypotension and blood pressure in the general population.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Jun 2008
Tobin Martin D, Tomaszewski Maciej, Braund Peter S, Hajat Cother, Raleigh Stuart M, Palmer Thomas M, Caulfield Mark, Burton Paul R, Samani Nilesh J
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The genes responsible for several monogenic hypertensive and hypotensive disorders have been identified. Our aim was to evaluate whether common variants in these genes affect blood pressure in the general population. We studied 2037 adults from 520 nuclear families characterized for 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure and related cardiovascular traits. We genotyped 298 tagging and putative functional single...
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