Angiotensinogen gene and essential hypertension in the Japanese: Extensive association study and meta-analysis on six reported studies

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 757-763

  Kato, Norihiro ^c   Sugiyama, Takao ^a   Morita, Hiroyuki ^b   Kurihara, Hiroki ^b   Yamori, Yukio ^d   Yazaki, Yoshio ^b  

^a The Inst for Adult Dis Asahi L   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Angiotensinogen; Genetics; Hypertension; Odds ratio; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0038257706     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199917060-00006     Document Type: Article

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