Genotype and cardiovascular phenotype: lessons from genetically manipulated animals and diseased humans.

doi:10.1097/00041552-199701000-00010

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Genotype and cardiovascular phenotype: lessons from genetically manipulated animals and diseased humans.

Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension - 1 Jan 1997

Sharp M G, Kantachuvesiri S, Mullins J J

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Recent advances in our understanding of the molecular genetic basis of cardiovascular diseases have been facilitated through animal models and human case studies. The identification of genes that contribute to human disease leads to functional studies of disease-associated mutations, and the use...

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Animals
Animals, Genetically Modified
Cardiovascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
Genotype
Humans
Hypertension
Phenotype

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