β-2 adrenergic receptor gene variations, blood pressure, and heart size in normal twins

Hypertension

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 555-560

  Busjahn, Andreas ^b   Li, Guo Hua ^b   Faulhaber, Hans Dieter ^b   Rosenthal, Magda ^b   Becker, Albert ^b   Jeschke, Eva ^b   Schuster, Herbert ^b   Timmermann, Bernd ^b   Hoehe, Margret R ^b   Luft, Friedrich C ^a  

^a FRANZ VOLHARD CLINIC   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Genetics; Hypertension, genetic; Receptors, adrenergic, beta; Twins

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

EID: 0033963760     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.35.2.555     Document Type: Article

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