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Genomics of hypertension: the road to precision medicine.
Nature reviews. Cardiology - 1 Apr 2021
Padmanabhan Sandosh, Dominiczak Anna F
Abstract excerpt
The known genetic architecture of blood pressure now comprises >30 genes, with rare variants resulting in monogenic forms of hypertension or hypotension and >1,477 common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) being associated with the blood pressure phenotype. Monogenic blood pressure syndromes predominantly involve the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and the adrenal glucocorticoid pathway, with a smaller...
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