Association of specific HLA phenotypes with left ventricular mass and carotid intima-media thickness in hypertensives

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 14, Issue 7 I, 2001, Pages 632-636

  Diamantopoulos, Emmanuel J ^a,c   Andreadis, Emmanuel A ^a   Vassilopoulos, Charalambos V ^a   Vlachonikolis, Ioannis G ^b   Tarassi, Katerina E ^a   Chatzis, Nikolaos A ^a   Giannakopoulos, Nikolaos S ^a   Papasteriades, Chryssa A ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carotid intima media thickness; HLA antigens; Left ventricular mass

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQ ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0034951068     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(01)01283-3     Document Type: Article

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