Association of a variant of the angiotensinogen gene with pure type of hypertension in pregnancy in the Japanese: Implication of a racial difference and significance of an age factor

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 232-236

  Kobashi, Gen ^a,b   Hata, Akira ^a   Shido, Koichi ^a   Kato, Emi Hirayama ^b   Yamada, Hideto ^b   Fujimoto, Seiichiro ^b   Kishi, Heiko ^a   Kondo, Kiyotaro ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genetic factor; Maternal age; Polymorphism; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSINOGEN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALLELES; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032848603     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990917)86:3<232::AID-AJMG7>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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