The Role of α-Adducin Polymorphism in Blood Pressure and Sodium Handling Regulation May Not Be Excluded by a Negative Association Study

Hypertension

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 649-654

  Glorioso, Nicola ^a   Manunta, Paolo ^a   Filigheddu, Fabiana ^a   Troffa, Chiara ^a   Stella, Paola ^a   Barlassina, Cristina ^a   Lombardi, Cinzia ^a   Soro, Aldo ^a   Dettori, Francesco ^a   Parpaglia, Paolo Pinna ^a   Alibrandi, Maria Teresa Sciarrone ^a   Cusi, Daniele ^a   Bianchi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adducin; Genes; Genetic; Hypertension; Renin; Sodium

Indexed keywords

ADDUCIN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURETIC THERAPY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALLELES; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RENIN; SODIUM;

EID: 0032702476     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.34.4.649     Document Type: Article

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