Genetic markers at the leptin (OB) locus are not significantly linked to hypertension in African Americans

Hypertension

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1230-1234

  Onions, Kelly L ^c   Hunt, Steven C ^a   Rutkowski, Mark P ^c   Klanke, Charles A ^c   Su, Yan Ru ^c   Reif, Max ^c   Menon, Anil G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Body mass index; Hypertension, essential; Leptin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; ISOLEUCINE; LEPTIN; VALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SIBLING; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0031866518     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.31.6.1230     Document Type: Article

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