Heritability and genetic linkage of plasma natriuretic peptide levels

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-16

  Wang, Thomas J ^a,b   Larson, Martin G ^a   Levy, Daniel ^a,c,d   Benjamin, Emelia J ^a,d   Corey, Diane ^a   Leip, Eric P ^a   Vasan, Ramachandran S ^a,d  

^a FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Natl Heart Lung/Blood Institute   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial natriuretic factor; Epidemiology; Genetics; Natriuretic peptides

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; N TERMINAL PROATRIAL NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 12P; CHROMOSOME 2P; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SIBLINGS;

EID: 0038503201     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000081657.83724.A7     Document Type: Article

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