Analysis of Met235 to Thr variant of the angiotensinogen gene in relation to the blood pressure and family history of essential hypertension in Japanese children

Pediatrics International

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 312-316

  Kataoka, Satoshi ^a   Hashimoto, Naoshi ^a   Kakihara, Toshio ^a   Tanaka, Atsushi ^a   Kawasaki, Takuya ^a   Kikuchi, Toru ^a   Takahashi, Hideo ^a   Uchiyama, Makoto ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiotensinogen gene; Hypertension; Japanese children

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSINOGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; EXON; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0029662346     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1996.tb03497.x     Document Type: Article

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