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[Genetic and genomic studies in the hypertension: an actualization of the genomic studies].
Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico - 1 Jan 2000
Ramírez-Bello Julián, Pérez-Méndez Oscar, Ramírez-Fuentes Silvestre, Carrillo-Sánchez Silvia, Vargas-Alarcón Gilberto, Fragoso José Manuel
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The arterial hypertension is considered to be the main risk factor for myocardial infarction, heart failure, ventricular arrhythmias, kidney failure, blindness and other diseases. Arterial hypertension is a multifactorial disease derived from environmental, genetic, gender and ethnic factors. In recent years, the World Health Organization estimated that approximately 17.5 million of deaths were due to...
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