Hereditary intermediate phenotypes in African American hypertension.

doi:10.1080/13557858.1996.9961778

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Hereditary intermediate phenotypes in African American hypertension.

Ethnicity & health - 1 May 1996

Kailasam M T, O'Connor D T, Parmer R J

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OBJECTIVE: Essential hypertension is a heterogeneous and multifactorial disorder and is at least twice as frequent among African Americans as in the general population. Inheritance of high blood pressure is complex, with the gene(s) responsible for hypertension still remaining elusive. A useful s...

Topics

Arousal
Black People
Gene Expression
Humans
Hypertension
Models, Genetic
Phenotype
Risk Factors
White People
Black or African American

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