Homozygosity by descent mapping of blood pressure in the Old Order Amish: evidence for sex specific genetic architecture

BACKGROUND: High blood pressure is a well established risk factor for morbidity and mortality acting through heart disease, stroke and cardiovascular disease. Genome wide scans have linked regions of nearly every human chromosome to blood pressure related traits. We have capitalized on beneficial qu...

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Main Authors: McArdle, Patrick F, Dytch, Harvey, O'Connell, Jeffery R, Shuldiner, Alan R, Mitchell, Braxton D, Abney, Mark
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central|1 2007
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2071912/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17908314
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-8-66
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