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Clinical and molecular characterization of a Han Chinese family with high penetrance of essential hypertension.
Mitochondrial DNA - 1 Dec 2012
Teng Lili, Zheng Jing, Leng Jianhang, Ding Yu
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Mutations in mitochondrial DNA are associated with cardiovascular diseases. We reported here molecular characterization of a three-generation Han Chinese family with maternally transmitted hypertension. Most strikingly, this family exhibited a high penetrance of hypertension. Sequence analysis of mitochondrial genome showed the presence of 12,338T>C mutation and 12,330A>G mutation and distinct sets of...
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