α-Adducin polymorphism in hypertensives of South African ancestry

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 13, Issue 6 II SUPPL., 2000, Pages 719-723

  Barlassina, Cristina ^a   Norton, Gavin R ^b   Samani, Nilesh J ^c   Woodwiss, Angela J ^b   Candy, Geoffrey C ^b,c,d,e   Radevski, Ivor ^d   Citterio, Lorena ^a   Bianchi, Giuseppe ^e   Cusi, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e Dialysis and Hypertension   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adducin; Africans; Genetics; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADDUCIN; DIURETIC AGENT; RENIN; SODIUM; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; ALLELES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0033940109     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0895-7061(00)01187-0     Document Type: Article

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