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This project is funded, in part, under a grant with the Pennsylvania Department of Health (SER) (contract no. ME-02-384). The Department specifically disclaims responsibility for any analyses, interpretations or conclusions. This project was supported by the National Institutes of Health program project Grant no. HL077378 and training grant no. HL069770 (MEM). This work was supported by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study (contract no. N01-HC-25195) and Boston University School of Medicine.
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Kelley-Hedgepeth, A., Peter, I., Kip, K. et al. The protective effect of KCNMB1 E65K against hypertension is restricted to blood pressure treatment with β-blockade. J Hum Hypertens 22, 512–515 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2008.23
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