Association analysis of β2 adrenoceptor polymorphisms with hypertension in a Black African population

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-172

  Candy, Geoff ^c   Samani, Nilesh ^a   Norton, Gavin ^c   Woodiwiss, Angela ^c   Radevski, Ivo ^c   Wheatley, Amanda ^b   Cockcroft, John ^b   Hall, Ian P ^b  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Africanicity; Genetics; Hypertension; 2 adrenoceptor polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CATECHOLAMINE; ISOPRENALINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PRIMER DNA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; VASODILATATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; VASODILATION;

EID: 0034133528     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200018020-00006     Document Type: Article

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