Open AccessWill gene markers predict hypertension?
Author(s) -
R R Williams
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.986
H-Index - 265
eISSN - 1524-4563
pISSN - 0194-911X
DOI - 10.1161/01.hyp.14.6.610
Subject(s) - medicine , family history , endocrinology , genetics , biology
It may be unrealistic to expect a pure monogenic (single gene) explanation for most patients with a disorder as common and heterogeneous as essential hypertension. However, gene marker technology can be combined with risk factor epidemiology to try to quantitate the risk of hypertension and sort out heterogeneity
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