The genetics of essential hypertension

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-11

  O'Shaughnessy, Kevin M ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aldosteronism; Angiotensinogen; Genes; Hypertension; Monogenic; Mutations; Renin

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSINOGEN;

ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEART DISEASE; HEREDITARY HYPERTENSION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0035145934     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.2001.01254.x     Document Type: Review

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