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Cosegregation of spontaneously hypertensive rat renin gene with elevated blood pressure in an F2 generation.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Aug 1998
Yu H, Harrap S B, Di Nicolantonio R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of the renin gene in the hypertension of the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) of the Okamoto strain. METHODS: We determined whether the SHR renin allele was cosegregated with high blood pressure in 137 F2 rats derived from inbred SHR and Wistar-Kyoto rats. Systolic blood pressure in conscious rats was measured by the tail-cuff method, whereas mean arterial pressure was...
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