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Is there a male-specific effect on hypertension?

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This work was supported in part by the German Ministry of Education and Research (DZHK; Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung—German Centre for Cardiovascular Research). The funders had no role in decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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Andreas Ziegler is editorial board member of Human Genetics.

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  1. Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Statistik, Universität zu Lübeck, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany

    Theresa Dankowski, Arne Schillert, Inke R. König & Andreas Ziegler

  2. Institut für Community Medicine, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

    Alexander Teumer

  3. DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Greifswald Partner Site, Greifswald, Germany

    Alexander Teumer & Marcus Dörr

  4. Universitäres Herzzentrum Hamburg, Klinik und Poliklinik für Allgemeine und Interventionelle Kardiologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

    Stefan Blankenberg

  5. DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck Partner Site, Hamburg, Germany

    Stefan Blankenberg

  6. Department of Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

    Marcus Dörr

  7. Institut für Klinische Molekularbiologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Andre Franke

  8. Institut für Epidemiologie and Biobank popgen, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Wolfgang Lieb

  9. DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck Partner Site, Lübeck, Germany

    Inke R. König & Andreas Ziegler

  10. Zentrum für Klinische Studien, Universität zu Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

    Andreas Ziegler

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Dankowski, T., Schillert, A., Teumer, A. et al. Is there a male-specific effect on hypertension?. Hum Genet 134, 359–360 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00439-014-1523-4

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