New genetic concepts in hypertensive cardiovascular disease

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 304-311

  Dominiczak, Anna F ^a   Jeffs, Baxter ^a   Connell, John M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MAJOR GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RAT; RNA TRANSLATION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

EID: 0031792983     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-199809000-00003     Document Type: Article

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