Association of polymorphism in the promoter region of the apolipoprotein E gene with diastolic blood pressure in normotensive Japanese

Hypertension Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 271-275

  Katsuya, Tomohiro ^a   Sato, Noriyuki ^a   Asai, Takashi ^a   Fukuda, Masayuki ^a   Takiuchi, Shin ^a   Fu, Yuxiao ^a   Hanayama, Rikinaru ^a   Moriguchi, Atsushi ^a   Rakugi, Hiromi ^a   Higaki, Jitsuo ^a   Ogihara, Toshio ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Association study; Genetics; Hypertension; Lipid metabolism; Restriction fragment length polymorphism; Transcription

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0034070279     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.23.271     Document Type: Conference Paper

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