A novel variable number of tandem repeat polymorphism of the renin gene and essential hypertension

Hypertension Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 473-477

  Hasimu, Buaijiaer ^a   Nakayama, Tomohiro ^a   Mizutani, Yoshihiro ^a   Izumi, Yoichi ^a   Asai, Satoshi ^a   Soma, Masayoshi ^a   Kokubun, Shinichiro ^a   Ozawa, Yukio ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Association study; Essential hypertension; Polymorphism; Renin gene; Variable number of tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; RENIN; THYMINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; EXON; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKER GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; ALLELES; EXONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RENIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0038640808     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.26.473     Document Type: Article

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