Absence of linkage of the epithelial sodium channel to hypertension in black Caribbeans

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 11, Issue 8 I, 1998, Pages 942-945

  Munroe, Patricia B ^b   Strautnieks, Sandra S ^b   Farrall, Martin ^b   Daniel, Harold I ^b   Lawson, Mary ^b   DeFreitas, Perry ^b   Fogarty, Paul ^b   Gardiner, R Mark ^b   Caulfield, Mark ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Black Caribbeans; Epithelial sodium channel; Genetic linkage; Human essential hypertension

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CHROMOSOME 16P; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SODIUM CHANNELS; SODIUM, DIETARY; WEST INDIES;

EID: 0031849274     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00092-2     Document Type: Article

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