Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 231-237 , July 2009

Blood pressure genetics: time to focus

  • Stephen B. Harrap, MBBS, PhD, FRACP

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Stephen B. Harrap, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia. Tel: +613 8344 5836; fax: +613 9349 4519.

Received 9 June 2009 ,Accepted 9 June 2009.

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 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S1933-1711(09)00067-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2009.06.001

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 231-237 , July 2009

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