Discovering common genetic variants for hypertension using an extreme case-control strategy
Hypertension is a common, highly heritable trait of complex aetiology. Multiple environmental and lifestyle factors contribute to blood pressure variation. Hence the study of hypertension causality is not straightforward. Genetic linkage studies have implicated a number of loci involved in blood pre...
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University of Glasgow
2011
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.530165 |