The causes of essential hypertension.

Abstract excerpt

1. Confusion between the criteria for defining and diagnosing hypertension may have misled the search for the causes of hypertension. 2. The systematic approach of molecular genetics appears to offer the best chance of explaining hypertension, but the attractions are partly offset by the large numbers required, and unproven record of the genetic techniques in finding functional mutations in complex human...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Genetic Predisposition to Disease
• Share to Genotype
• Share to Hypertension