Genetic and environmental influences on left ventricular mass: A family study

Hypertension

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 740-746

  Garner, Chad ^a   Lecomte, Edith ^b   Visvikis, Sophie ^b   Abergel, Eric ^c   Lathrop, Mark ^d   Soubrier, Florent ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Brabois Vandoeuvre les Nancy Hospital   (France)

^c HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE GÉNOTYPAGE   (France)

^e SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^f NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Body weight; Echocardiography; Multivariate analysis; Quantitative trait

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

EID: 0033679388     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.36.5.740     Document Type: Article

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