Linkage analysis of five candidate genes and essential hypertension in 106 Chinese nuclear families

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-72

  He, Xin ^a   Wang, Guliang ^a   Huang, Wei ^b   Zhu, Ding Liang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b CHINESE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME CENTER AT SHANGHAI   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese population; Gene; Linkage analysis; TDT

Indexed keywords

ADDUCIN; ALPHA ADDUCIN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FAMILY; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARAMETRIC TEST; PROGENY;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CHINA; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LEPTIN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PREVALENCE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-3; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037258605     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001495     Document Type: Article

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