M235T polymorphism of the angiotensinogen gene and hypertension in Chinese

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1137-1140

  Cheung, Bernard M Y ^a,b   Leung, Raymond ^a   Shiu, Sammi ^a   Tan, Kathryn C B ^a   Lau, Chu Pak ^a   Kumana, Cyrus R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Angiotensinogen; Gene; Hypertension; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; METHIONINE; THREONINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031824430     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199816080-00009     Document Type: Article

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