Comparison between essential hypertension and pregnancy-induced hypertension: a genetic perspective.
Essential hypertension (EH) accounts for 80-90% of hypertension, and pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) is responsible for hypertension during pregnancy. Both considered multifactorial disorders. While both have many features in common, conditions and causes of these diseases have yet to be clarified. Since both diseases are associated with hypertension, the genetic backgrounds may contain common features. The present study reviewed similarities and differences between women with EH and PIH, with a particular focus on their genetic backgrounds.
Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan. tnakayam@med.nihon-u.ac.jp
Tomohiro
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Nakayama
Tatsuo
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Yamamoto
D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D046110:Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors