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Hypertension

Useful websites:

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Genetics of hypertension -- Link to a recent article summarizing what is currently known

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Genetics of Hypertension --Link to a dissertation

Journal Articles:

Timberlake DS, O'Connor DT, Parmer RJ. Molecular genetics of essential hypertension: recent results and emerging strategies. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2001 Jan;10(1):71-9.
 
Thomas AQ, Gaddipati R, Newman JH, Loyd JE. Genetics of primary pulmonary hypertension.Clin Chest Med. 2001 Sep;22(3):477-91, ix.

Soubrier S, Lathrop GM 1995 The genetic basis of hypertension. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 4:177–181

O'Donnell CJ, Lindpaintner K, Larson MG, Rao VS, Ordovas JM, Schaefer EJ, Myers RH, Levy D 1998 Evidence for association and genetic linkage of the angiotensin-converting enzyme locus with hypertension and blood pressure in men but not women in the Framingham heart study. Circulation 97:1766–1772

Ferrari P 1998 Pharmacogenomics: a new approach to individual therapy of hypertension? Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 7:217–222

Psaty BM, Smith NL, Heckbert SR, Vos HL, Lemaitre RN, Reiner AP, Siscovick DS, Bis J, Lumley T, Longstreth Jr WT, Rosendaal FR 2002 Diuretic therapy, the α-adducin gene variant, and the risk of myocardial infarction or stroke in persons with treated hypertension. JAMA 287:1680–1689

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