QTL influencing blood pressure maps to the region of PPH1 on chromosome 2q31-34 in Old Order Amish

Circulation

Volumn 101, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 2810-2816

  Hsueh, Wen Chi ^a   Mitchell, Braxton D ^a   Schneider, Jennifer L ^a   Wagner, Michael J ^b   Bell, Callum J ^c   Nanthakumar, Elizabeth ^c   Shuldiner, Alan R ^d  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c Axys Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amish; Blood pressure; Genetics; Hypertension, pulmonary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHROMOSOME 2Q; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0034691278     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.101.24.2810     Document Type: Article

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