New genetic concepts in hypertensive cardiovascular disease.

doi:10.1097/00001573-199809000-00003

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New genetic concepts in hypertensive cardiovascular disease.

Current opinion in cardiology - 1 Sept 1998

Dominiczak A F, Jeffs B, Connell J M

Abstract excerpt

Hypertension is a complex quantitative trait under polygenic control. The identification of genes responsible for high blood pressure is of major importance, because it provides a mechanistic classification of the common phenotype and guide therapy tailored to the underlying primary abnormality....

Topics

Animals
Blood Pressure
Cardiovascular Diseases
Chromosomes
Disease Models, Animal
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Hypertension
Linkage Disequilibrium
Mutation
Quantitative Trait, Heritable
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains

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