Telomeres and essential hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 12, Issue 4 I, 1999, Pages 427-432

  Aviv, Abraham ^a   Aviv, Hana ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Complex trait; Essential hypertension; Genetic linkage; Genetics; Phenotype; Telomere attrition

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELOMERE;

AGE FACTORS; ANEUPLOIDY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; TELOMERE;

EID: 0032899285     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00202-7     Document Type: Review

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