Sodium-lithium countertransport activity in normotensive offspring of hypertensive black Africans

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 373-377

  Obasohan, A O ^a   Osuji, C O ^a   Oforofuo, I A O ^a  

^a Uniben/UBTH ^*  (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Black africans; Familial predisposition; Hypertension; Sodium lithium countertransport

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; HEREDITARY HYPERTENSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTENSION; ION EXCHANGE; ION TRANSPORT; NEGRO; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PROGENY; SODIUM CELL LEVEL; SODIUM TRANSPORT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0031823168     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1000597     Document Type: Article

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