Mendelian hypertension with brachydactyly as a molecular genetic lesson in regulatory physiology

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 4 54-4, 2003, Pages

  Luft, Friedrich C ^a,b   Toka, Okan ^a   Toka, Hakan R ^a   Jordan, Jens ^a   Bähring, Sylvia ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRANZ VOLHARD CLINIC   (Germany)

Author keywords

Association; Blood pressure regulation; Essential hypertension; Linkage

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALDOSTERONE; RENIN;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRACHYDACTYLY; CHROMOSOME 12P; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 0141569597     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00174.2003     Document Type: Review

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