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STK39 polymorphism is associated with essential hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Xi Bo, Chen Man, Chandak Giriraj R, Shen Yue, Yan Li, He Juan, Mou Si-Hua
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A recent genome-wide association study identified STK39as a candidate gene for blood pressure (BP) in Europeans. Subsequently, several studies have attempted to replicate the association across different ethnic populations. However, the results have been inconsistent. OBJECTIVE AND METHODS: We performed a meta-analysis to elucidate the association between the STK39 rs3754777 polymorphism (or proxy)...
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