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Recapitulation of two genomewide association studies on blood pressure and essential hypertension in the Korean population.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jun 2010
Hong Kyung-Won, Jin Hyun-Seok, Lim Ji-Eun, Kim Sangsoo, Go Min Jin, Oh Bermseok
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Essential hypertension causes high rates of morbidity and mortality, primarily due to its complications, and its development is regulated by genetic risk and environmental factors. However, until recent genomewide association studies (GWASs) were reported, the genetic factors were unknown. Two GWASs on systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and hypertension in Caucasians-Global Blood...
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