Genetic linkage of β and γ subunits of epithelial sodium channel to systolic blood pressure

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9160, 1999, Pages 1222-1225

  Wong, Zilla Y H ^a   Stebbing, Margaret ^a   Ellis, Justine A ^a   Lamantia, Angela ^a   Harrap, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHROMOSOME 16P; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0033541569     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)10118-6     Document Type: Article

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