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Variants on chromosome 6p22.3 associated with blood pressure in the HyperGEN study: follow-up of FBPP quantitative trait loci.
American journal of hypertension - 1 Nov 2011
Simino Jeannette, Shi Gang, Arnett Donna, Broeckel Ulrich, Hunt Steven C, Rao Dabeeru C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A recent meta-analysis of genome-wide linkage scans of blood pressure (BP) in the large (N = 13,044) Family Blood Pressure Program (FBPP) identified five quantitative trait loci (QTLs) on chromosomes 6, 8, 20, and 21. We conducted follow-up fine mapping studies in 1,251 African (AA) and 1,254 European American (EA) participants of the Hypertension Genetic Epidemiology Network (HyperGEN). METHODS:...
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