Relationship between a genetic predisposition to hypertension, blood pressure levels and pain sensitivity

Pain

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 311-317

  Guasti, Luigina ^a   Gaudio, Giovanni ^a   Zanotta, Danilo ^a   Grimoldi, Paola ^a   Rosaria Petrozzino, Maria ^a   Tanzi, Fabio ^a   Bertolini, Andrea ^a   Maria Grandi, Anna ^a   Venco, Achille ^a  

^a Dept Clin Biol Sci Fac M   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Blood pressure; Hypertension essential; Pain threshold; Parental history of hypertension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH PAIN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENTAL PULP; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; TOOTHACHE;

EID: 0032794203     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00059-7     Document Type: Article

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