Increased urinary free cortisol: A potential intermediate phenotype of essential hypertension

Hypertension

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 569-574

  Litchfield, W Reid ^a   Hunt, Steven C ^b   Jeunemaitre, Xavier ^c   Fisher, Naomi D L ^a   Hopkins, Paul N ^b   Williams, Roger R ^b   Corvol, Pierre ^c   Williams, Gordon H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^c HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

Author keywords

Bimodality; Cortisol; Genetics; Phenotype, intermediate; Sodium

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM INTAKE; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0031886667     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.31.2.569     Document Type: Article

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