Hypertension, serum angiotensinogen, and molecular variants of the angiotensinogen gene among Nigerians

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2348-2350

  Rotimi, Charles ^a,e   Cooper, Richard ^a   Ogunbiyi, Olufemi ^b   Morrison, Linda ^c   Ladipo, Modupe ^b   Tewksbury, Duane ^d   Ward, Ryk ^c,f  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

genes; hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM;

EID: 0030959272     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.10.2348     Document Type: Article

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