Lack of association between a polymorphism of the aldosterone synthase gene and left ventricular structure

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2255-2260

  Schunkert, Heribert ^a   Hengstenberg, Christian ^a   Holmer, Stephan R ^a   Broeckel, Ulrich ^a   Luchner, Andreas ^a   Muscholl, Michael W ^a,b   Kürzinger, Susanne ^a   Döring, Angela ^c   Hense, Hans Werner ^a,c   Riegger, Günter A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; Genetics; Hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; CYTOSINE; PRORENIN; RENIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; THYMIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0032937208     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.17.2255     Document Type: Article

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