Lack of association between a biallelic polymorphism in the adducin gene and blood pressure in whites and African Americans

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 13, Issue 6 II SUPPL., 2000, Pages 693-698

  Schork, Nicholas J ^a,b,c,d   Chakravarti, Aravinda ^b   Thiel, Bonnie ^a   Fornage, Myriam ^e   Jacob, Howard J ^f   Cai, Robin ^b   Rotimi, Charles N ^g   Cooper, Richard S ^g   Weder, Alan B ^h  

^a Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^g LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adducin; Blood pressure; Genetics; Heredity; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADDUCIN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ILLINOIS; MICHIGAN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033942472     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0895-7061(00)00237-5     Document Type: Article

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