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SUBMITTER: Ehret GB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2585612 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ehret Georg B GB Morrison Alanna C AC O'Connor Ashley A AA Grove Megan L ML Baird Lisa L Schwander Karen K Weder Alan A Cooper Richard S RS Rao D C DC Hunt Steven C SC Boerwinkle Eric E Chakravarti Aravinda A
European journal of human genetics : EJHG 20080604 12
Essential hypertension is a principal cardiovascular risk factor whose origin remains unknown. Classical genetic studies have shown that blood pressure is at least partially heritable, opening a window to understanding the pathophysiology of essential hypertension in the human using modern genetic tools. The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium has recently published the results of screening the genomes of 2000 essential hypertension cases and 3000 controls using 500 000 genome-wide single nuc ...[more]