T594M and G442V polymorphisms of the sodium channel β subunit and hypertension in a black population

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 425-430

  Dong, Y B ^a   Zhu, H D ^a   Baker, E H ^a   Sagnella, G A ^a   Macgregor, G A ^a   Carter, N D ^a   Wicks, P D ^a   Cook, D G ^a   Cappuccio, F P ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black people of African origin; Epidemiology; Genetics; Sodium channel

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CREATININE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRANT; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0034970180     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001182     Document Type: Article

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