Effect of the angiotensinogen gene met235→thr variant on blood pressure and other cardiovascular risk factors in two japanese populations

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 717-722

  Nishiuma, Shinichi ^a   Kario, Kazuomi ^b   Kayaba, Kazunori ^c   Nagio, Naoki ^c   Shimada, Kazuyuki ^d   Matsuo, Takefumi ^b   Matsuo, Masafumi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HYOGO PREFECTURAL AWAJI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Departments of Community and Family Medicine ^*  (Japan)

^d JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiotensinogen gene; Cardiovascular risk factor; Hypertension; Japanese

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029097102     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199507000-00002     Document Type: Article

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