Association of the renin gene polymorphism with essential hypertension in a Chinese population

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 370-374

  Chiang, Fu Tien ^a,b   Hsu, Kwan Lih ^a   Tseng, Chuen Den ^a   Lo, Huey Ming ^a   Chern, Tser Hau ^a   Tseng, Yung Zu ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Genetics; Hypertension; Polymorphism; Renin

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIGENIN; RENIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0030956157     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1997.tb02493.x     Document Type: Article

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