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STK39 variation predicts the ambulatory blood pressure response to losartan in hypertensive men.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 Jan 2012
Donner Kati M, Hiltunen Timo P, Hannila-Handelberg Tuula, Suonsyrjä Timo, Kontula Kimmo
Abstract excerpt
Large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified significant associations of common genetic variants with blood pressure (BP) levels. To obtain more evidence for the role of these variants in BP regulation, we studied their association with BP responses to four different antihypertensive drug monotherapies. We selected 19 single-nucleotide variants based on data from five GWASs. The study group...
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