Hypertension: genes and environment.

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Hypertension can be classified as either Mendelian hypertension or essential hypertension, on the basis of the mode of inheritance. The Mendelian forms of hypertension develop as a result of a single gene defect, and as such are inherited in a simple Mendelian manner. In contrast, essential hypertension occurs as a consequence of a complex interplay of a number of genetic alterations and environmental factors,...

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