Genetic determinants of human hypertension.

doi:10.1073/pnas.92.19.8545

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Genetic determinants of human hypertension.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 12 Sept 1995

Lifton R P

Abstract excerpt

Hypertension is a common trait of multifactorial determination imparting an increased risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, and end-stage renal disease. The primary determinants of hypertension, as well as the factors which determine specific morbid sequelae, remain unknown in the vast majority...

Topics

Angiotensin II
Blood Pressure
Causality
Cytochrome P-450 CYP11B2
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
Genetic Linkage
Humans
Hypertension
Mutation
Sodium Channels
Steroid 11-beta-Hydroxylase
Syndrome

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