A high-density admixture scan in 1,670 African Americans with hypertension.

Hypertension (HTN) is a devastating disease with a higher incidence in African Americans than European Americans, inspiring searches for genetic variants that contribute to this difference. We report the results of a large-scale admixture scan for genes contributing HTN risk, in which we screened 1,...

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Main Authors: Rahul C Deo, Nick Patterson, Arti Tandon, Gavin J McDonald, Christopher A Haiman, Kristin Ardlie, Brian E Henderson, Sean O Henderson, David Reich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-11-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2077893?pdf=render