Lack of evidence for association between the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene and hypertension

Hypertension

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 933-936

  Kato, Norihiro ^a   Sugiyama, Takao ^b   Morita, Hiroyuki ^c   Nabika, Toru ^c   Kurihara, Hiroki ^c   Yamori, Yukio ^a   Yazaki, Yoshio ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADULT DISEASES   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Genetics; Hypertension, essential; Japanese; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0032890548     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.33.4.933     Document Type: Article

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