G protein β3 subunit gene variant and blood pressure variation in Canadian Oji-Cree

Hypertension

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 688-692

  Hegele, Robert A ^a   Harris, Stewart B ^b   Hanley, Anthony J G ^c,d   Cao, Henian ^a   Zinman, Bernard ^c,d  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genetics; Hypertension, genetic; Ion channels; Linkage disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031595269     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.32.4.688     Document Type: Article

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