Mapping of a blood pressure quantitative trait locus to chromosome 15q in a Chinese population

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 2551-2555

  Xu, Xin ^a   Yang, Jianhua ^c   Rogus, John ^a   Chen, Changzhong ^a,c   Schork, Nicholas ^a,d   Xu, Xiping ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RURAL AREA; SIBLING;

EID: 0032734970     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.13.2551     Document Type: Article

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