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Identification of Hypertension-Susceptibility Genes and Pathways by a Systemic Multiple Candidate Gene Approach: The Millennium Genome Project for Hypertension FREE

Katsuhiko Kohara, Yasuharu Tabara, Jun Nakura, Yutaka Imai, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Akira Hata, Masayoshi Soma, Tomohiro Nakayama, Satoshi Umemura, Nobuhito Hirawa, Hirotsugu Ueshima, Yoshikuni Kita, Toshio Ogihara, Tomohiro Katsuya, Norio Takahashi, Katsushi Tokunaga and Tetsuro Miki

Hypertens Res 31: 203-212; doi:10.1291/hypres.31.203

Blood Pressure Reduction and Cardiovascular Prevention: An Update Including the 2003–2004 Secondary Prevention Trials FREE

Jan A Staessen, Yan Li, Lutgarde Thijs and Ji-Guang Wang

Hypertens Res 28: 385-407; doi:10.1291/hypres.28.385

Impact of Adenosine Receptor Signaling and Metabolism on Pathophysiology in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure FREE

Masanori Asakura, Hiroshi Asanuma, Jiyoong Kim, Yulin Liao, Kenji Nakamaru, Masashi Fujita, Kazuo Komamura, Tadashi Isomura, Hidehiko Furukawa, Hitonobu Tomoike and Masafumi Kitakaze

Hypertens Res 30: 781-787; doi:10.1291/hypres.30.781

High Plasma Norepinephrine Levels Associated with β2-Adrenoceptor Polymorphisms Predict Future Renal Damage in Nonobese Normotensive Individuals FREE

Kazuko Masuo, Tomohiro Katsuya, Ken Sugimoto, Hideki Kawaguchi, Hiromi Rakugi, Toshio Ogihara and Michael L Tuck

Hypertens Res 30: 503-511; doi:10.1291/hypres.30.503

Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiac Disease in Japanese Men: Applicability of the Concept of Metabolic Syndrome Defined by the National Cholesterol Education Program–Adult Treatment Panel III to Japanese Men—The Tanno and Sobetsu Study FREE

Hiroshi Takeuchi, Shigeyuki Saitoh, Satoru Takagi, Hirofumi Ohnishi, Junichi Ohhata, Takeshi Isobe and Kazuaki Shimamoto

Hypertens Res 28: 203-208; doi:10.1291/hypres.28.203