Evidence of a major gene effect for angiotensinogen among Nigerians

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 293-300

  Guo, X ^a,d   Rotimi, C ^a   Cooper, R ^b   Luke, A ^c   Elston, R C ^a   Ogunbiyi, O ^a   Ward, R ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSINOGEN;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR GENE; NIGERIA; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE GENE; RURAL AREA; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; VARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; NIGERIA; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0033402608     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003480099007563     Document Type: Article

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