Blood pressure variation in blacks: Genetic factors

Seminars in Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 83-93

  Grim, C E ^a   Robinson, Miguel ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; HAPTOGLOBIN; KALLIKREIN; RENIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NEGRO; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT INTAKE;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BARBADOS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIALS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029880532     PISSN: 02709295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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