Hereditary intermediate phenotypes in African American hypertension.

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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 strategy for investigating the heritability of hypertension is to evaluate 'intermediate phenotypes'--simple Mendelian...

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