Molecular genetics of susceptibility to the development of hypertension.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a072891

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Molecular genetics of susceptibility to the development of hypertension.

British medical bulletin - 1 Apr 1994

Samani N J

Abstract excerpt

Blood pressure is a quantitative multifactorial trait with both environmental and genetic determinants, with essential hypertension simply representing one extreme of the blood pressure distribution. While much is known about environmental factors that predispose to the development of hypertensio...

Topics

Animals
Blood Pressure
Disease Models, Animal
Disease Susceptibility
Genetic Linkage
Humans
Hypertension
Phenotype
Polymorphism, Genetic

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