Linkage but lack of association for blood pressure and the α-adducin locus in normotensive twins

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1437-1441

  Busjahn, Andreas ^a   Aydin, Atakan ^a   Von Treuenfels, Nina ^a   Faulhaber, Hans Dieter ^a   Gohlke, Hans Rüdiger ^a   Knoblauch, Hans ^a   Schuster, Herbert ^a   Luft, Friedrich C ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRANZ VOLHARD CLINIC   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adducin; Association; Blood pressure; Genes; Genetics; Hypertension; Linkage

Indexed keywords

ADDUCIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COLD PRESSOR TEST; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY TUBULE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TWINS;

EID: 0032750430     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199917100-00011     Document Type: Article

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