Angiotensin converting enzyme gene I/D polymorphism, blood pressure and the renin-angiotensin system in Caucasian and Afro-Caribbean peoples

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-35

  Barley, J ^a   Blackwood, A ^a   Miller, M ^a   Markandu, N D ^a   Carter, N D ^a   Jeffery, S ^a   Cappuccio, F P ^b   MacGregor, G A ^a   Sagnella, G A ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACE I D polymorphism; Ethnicity; PRA

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; RENIN; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CAUCASIAN; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SODIUM INTAKE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALDOSTERONE; ALLELES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARIBBEAN REGION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RENIN; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM;

EID: 0030021814     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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