The genetic basis of hypertension: progress and opportunities.

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The genetic basis of hypertension: progress and opportunities.

Hospital medicine (London, England : 1998) - 1 Jan 1998

Caulfield M, Collier D, O'Byrne S

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Essential hypertension results from the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. To date progress has mainly concerned rare genetic forms of hypertension, but molecular advances and current large collaborative studies make it likely that common genetic factors in hypertension will soon b...

Topics

Angiotensinogen
Blood Pressure
Genetic Linkage
Genome, Human
Humans
Hypertension
Phenotype

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