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Severe autosomal dominant hypertension and brachydactyly in a unique Turkish kindred maps to human chromosome 12.
Nature genetics - 1 May 1996
Schuster H, Wienker T E, Bähring S, Bilginturan N, Toka H R, Neitzel H, Jeschke E, Toka O, Gilbert D, Lowe A, Ott J, Haller H, Luft F C
Abstract excerpt
Finding genes that cause human hypertension is not straightforward, since the determinants of blood pressure in primary hypertension are multifactorial. One approach to identifying relevant genes is to elucidate rare forms of monogenic hypertension. A relevant mutation may provide a rational starting point from which to analyse the pathophysiology of a condition affecting 20% of the world's population. In 1973 a...
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