Linkage of the angiotensinogen gene locus to human essential hypertension in African Caribbeans

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 687-692

  Caulfield, Mark ^a   Lavender, Paul ^a,e   Newell Price, John ^a   Farrall, Martin ^b   Kamdar, Sejal ^a   Daniel, Harold ^a   Lawson, Mary ^a   De Freitas, Perry ^c   Fogarty, Paul ^d   Clark, Adrian J L ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Min Hlth St Vincent Grenadines ^*

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e WELLCOME CRC INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African Caribbeans; angiotensinogen; genetics; hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

EID: 0029153057     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118111     Document Type: Article

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