Scanning the genome for essential hypertension loci.

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1681.1998.tb02305.x

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Scanning the genome for essential hypertension loci.

Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology. Supplement - 1 Nov 1998

Morris B J, Griffiths L R

Abstract excerpt

1. Essential hypertension occurs in people with an underlying genetic predisposition who subject themselves to adverse environmental influences. The number of genes involved is unknown, as is the extent to which each contributes to final blood pressure and the severity of the disease. 2. In the p...

Topics

Chromosomes, Human
Genome, Human
Genotype
Humans
Hypertension
Microsatellite Repeats

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