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Programming of Essential Hypertension: What Pediatric Cardiologists Need to Know.
Pediatric cardiology - 1 Oct 2015
Morgado Joana, Sanches Bruno, Anjos Rui, Coelho Constança
Abstract excerpt
Hypertension is recognized as one of the major contributing factors to cardiovascular disease, but its etiology remains incompletely understood. Known genetic and environmental influences can only explain a small part of the variability in cardiovascular disease risk. The missing heritability is currently one of the most important challenges in blood pressure and hypertension genetics. Recently, some promising...
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