Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism in essential hypertensive patients in Japanese population

Angiology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 643-648

  Maguchi, Motofumi ^a   Kohara, Katsuhiko ^a   Okura, Takafumi ^a   Li, Shimin ^a   Takezaki, Masayuki ^a   Nishida, Wataru ^a   Hiwada, Kunio ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; EYE FUNDUS; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030016115     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979604700702     Document Type: Article

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