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Replication of the Wellcome Trust genome-wide association study on essential hypertension in a Korean population.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 Jul 2009
Hong Kyung-Won, Jin Hyun-Seok, Cho Yoon Shin, Lee Jong-Young, Lee Jong-Eun, Cho Nam H, Shin Chol, Lee Sang-Ho, Park Hun Kuk, Oh Bermseok
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Essential hypertension has a high rate of morbidity and mortality, primarily because of the associated complications. The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium recently conducted a genome-wide association study and identified six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with essential hypertension. The Family Blood Pressure Program later investigated these six SNPs in an attempt to reproduce the...
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