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Genes and genetic variations involved in the development of hypertension: focusing on a Greek patient cohort.
Hellenic journal of cardiology : HJC = Hellenike kardiologike epitheorese - 1 Jan 2000
Kouremenos Nikolaos, Zacharopoulou Ioanna V, Triantafyllidi Helen, Zacharopoulos Georgios V, Mornos Cristian, Filippatos Gerasimos, Lekakis John, Kremastinos Dimitrios, Manolis Athanasios I, Gavras Haralambos
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INTRODUCTION: Essential hypertension (HTN) is a multifactorial disease involving environmental, genetic and other factors. Over the past years, genetic studies of essential HTN have increased dramatically but the molecular mechanisms involved are still unknown. As part of a research program coordinated by Boston university (USA), we studied the role of various genes and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in...
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