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The Y chromosome. Epistatic and ecogenetic interactions in genetic hypertension.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Nov 1996
Kreutz R, Stock P, Struk B, Lindpaintner K
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have revealed conflicting evidence concerning a Y-chromosome effect on blood pressure (BP) in genetic crosses involving different strains of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR or SHRSP). We had previously found an approximately 16 mm Hg difference in systolic BP (P < 10(-7)) at baseline but not after dietary salt loading (P = .82) between F2 males derived from an SHRSPHD grandfather and a...
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