Approaches to the genetics of cardiovascular disease through genetic field work

Kidney International

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1449-1454

  Schuster, Herbert ^b   Lamprecht, Anja ^b   Junghans, Christine ^b   Dietz, Birgit ^b   Baron, Heike ^b   Nothnagel, Michael ^b   Müller Myhsok, Bertram ^b   Luft, Friedrich C ^a  

^a FRANZ VOLHARD CLINIC   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Family history; Genotype; Hypertension; Oligonucleotide ligation assay; Phenotypization

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0031782372     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00928.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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