Apolipoprotein E alleles and hypertension: Controversy or lack of understanding?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1941-1942

  Hamet, Pavel ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHYLOMICRON; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; EPSILON PROTEIN, BACTERIOPHAGE P4; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HEREDITY; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 3; HYPERTENSION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LIPID METABOLISM; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; BLOOD PRESSURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN;

ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BLOOD PRESSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0036808215     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200210000-00009     Document Type: Note

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