Abstract:EDITORIAL Discovering the genetic basis of essential hypertension: hypes and hopes 891 the substitution of nucleotides, leading to the formation of 2 (or more) variants of a gene (alleles), with the prevalence within the general population of more than 1%.During the past 20 years, most researchers focused on the analysis of SNPs within the various genes encoding proteins involved in the regulation of BP (ie, candidate genes), as components of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, natriuretic peptides, adre… Show more
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