The use of designer rats in the genetic dissection of hypertension

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 12-18

  Kwitek Black, Anne E ^a   Jacob, Howard J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CONGENIC STRAIN; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, CONGENIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MODELS, ANIMAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RATS;

EID: 0035256962     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-001-0072-0     Document Type: Article

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