Article
Molecular genetics of human blood pressure variation.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 3 May 1996
Lifton R P
Abstract excerpt
Hypertension is a common multifactorial vascular disorder of largely unknown cause. Recognition that hypertension is in part genetically determined has motivated studies to identify mutations that confer susceptibility. Thus far, mutations in at least 10 genes have been shown to alter blood press...
Topics
- Absorption
- Animals
- Blood Pressure
- Chromosome Mapping
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Hypertension
- Hypotension
- Kidney
- Mutation
- Renin-Angiotensin System
- Sodium