Artery Research
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 17-23 , February 2009

A haplotype at the MMP-9 locus is associated with high-blood pressure and arterial stiffness in patients with essential hypertension

  • Azra Mahmud

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
    • Hypertension Clinic, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland. Tel.: +35318961563; fax: +35314539033.
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  • Sixiang Zhou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
    • ,
  • Anthony W. Ryan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Medicine and Institute of Molecular Medicine, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
    • ,
  • Paula Jerrard-Dunne

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
    • Hypertension Clinic, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
    • ,
  • John Feely

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
    • Hypertension Clinic, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland

Received 24 July 2007 ,Revised 20 October 2008 ,Accepted 7 January 2009.

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PII: S1872-9312(09)00003-9

doi: 10.1016/j.artres.2009.01.002

Artery Research
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 17-23 , February 2009

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