Hypothesis: glucagon receptor glycine to serine missense mutation contributes to one in 20 cases of essential hypertension.

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1. A missense mutation leading to reduced ligand affinity in the glucagon receptor (GCG-R) has been found recently to be five-fold more common in essential hypertensives than normotensives. The present paper provides additional information on patients that harbour this variant and proposes a possible mechanism by which this may lead to hypertension. 2. The seven hypertensives with the mutation were all female,...

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