Lack of evidence for an association between α-adducin and blood pressure regulation in asian populations

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 13, Issue 6 II SUPPL., 2000, Pages 704-709

  Ranade, Koustubh ^a   Hsuing, Agnes Chao ^b   Wu, Kwan Dun ^c   Chang, Mau Song ^d   Chen, Ying Tsung ^e   Hebert, Joan ^a   Chen, Yii Der Ida ^a   Olshen, Richard ^a   Curb, David ^a,f   Dzau, Victor ^g   Botstein, David ^a   Cox, David ^a,f   Risch, Neil ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f Kaiser Permanente   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian population; Blood pressure control; Essential hypertension; adduccin

Indexed keywords

ADDUCIN; GLYCINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOMINANT GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE GENE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALLELES; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GLYCINE; HAWAII; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SAN FRANCISCO; TAIWAN; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0033941594     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0895-7061(00)00238-7     Document Type: Article

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