Open AccessInheritance of hypertension and blood pressure reactivity.
Author(s) -
Thomas G. Pickering
Publication year - 1990
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.16.5.498
Subject(s) - blood pressure , medicine , cardiology
Although there is general agreement that there is a strong genetic component to essential hypertension, it is not clear exactly what is inherited. A popular but largely unsubstantiated view is that sustained hypertension may be preceded by a period of increased reactivity to noxious stimuli
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