Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism and the erythrocyte sodium-lithium countertranspouter (SLC) phenotype in hypertension

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 429-430

  Hardman, T C ^a   Wierzbicki, A S ^b   Croft, P ^a   Feher, M ^a   Cox, A ^a   Lant, A F ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACE genotype; Sodium lithium countertransport

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; LITHIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ERYTHROCYTE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM TRANSPORT;

AGED; ANTIPORTERS; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LITHIUM; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SODIUM;

EID: 0029844336     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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