Angiotensinogen as a risk factor for essential hypertension in Japan

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 1285-1287

  Hata, Akira ^a,d   Namikawa, Chisato ^a   Sasaki, Makoto ^a   Sato, Koichi ^a   Nakamura, Takamichi ^b   Tamura, Kohji ^b   Lalouel, Jean Marc ^c  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

angiotensinogen; genetic marker; genetics, Japan; hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSINOGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0028331270     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI117083     Document Type: Article

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