Linkage of Gordon's syndrome to the long arm of chromosome 17 in a region recently linked to familial essential hypertension

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 675-678

  O'Shaughnessy, K M ^a,d   Fu, B ^a   Johnson, A ^b   Gordon, R D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome 17; Familial essential hypertension; Gordon's syndrome; Hyperkalaemia; Linkage; Monogenic hypertension

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 17; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEREDITARY HYPERTENSION; HUMAN; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERKALEMIA; PEDIGREE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION;

EID: 0031762173     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1000705     Document Type: Article

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