Abnormal epinephrine release in young adults with high personal and high parental blood pressures

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 556-561

  Harrap, Stephen B ^a,d   Fraser, Robert ^a   Inglis, Gordon C ^a   Lever, Anthony F ^a   Beastall, Graham H ^b   Dominiczak, Marek H ^a   Foy, Christopher J W ^c   Watt, Graham C M ^e  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Catecholamines; Epidemiology; Genetics; Hormones; Insulin

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENALIN RELEASE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030811675     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.2.556     Document Type: Article

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