Genetic determination of heart and kidney weights studied using a set of recombinant inbred strains: The relationship to blood pressure

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1990, Pages 1091-1095

  Kuneš, Jaroslav ^a   Křen, Vladimír ^b   Klír, Pavel ^a   Zicha, Josef ^a   Pravenec, Michal ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Genetic hypertension; Genetic markers; Recombinant inbred strains; Relative organ weight; Spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART WEIGHT; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY MASS; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOMEGALY; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKERS; HEART; HYPERTROPHY; KIDNEY; MALE; ORGAN WEIGHT; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR;

EID: 0025637541     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199012000-00004     Document Type: Article

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