Blood pressure and cerebral white matter share common genetic factors in Mexican Americans
Elevated arterial pulse pressure and blood pressure (BP) can lead to atrophy of cerebral white matter (WM), potentially attributable to shared genetic factors. We calculated the magnitude of shared genetic variance between BP and fractional anisotropy of water diffusion, a sensitive measurement of W...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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American Heart Association
2011
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