Associations between the human insulin gene 5′ VNTR and clinical variables of the renin-angiotensin system

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 325-328

  Frossard, Philippe M ^a   Hasan Parvez, S ^b   Lestringant, Gilles G ^c   Kureshi, Nelofar S J ^d  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^c TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Genetics; Hypertension; Quantitative trait locus (QTL); Renin angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS); Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP); VNTR of insulin gene locus

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN; INSULIN; POTASSIUM; RENIN; SODIUM;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTENSION; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES; URINARY EXCRETION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0242468868     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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