Blood pressure QTLs identified by genome-wide linkage analysis and dependence on associated phenotypes

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 2002, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 99-105

  Harrap, Stephen B ^a   Wong, Zilla Y H ^a   Stebbing, Margaret ^a   Lamantia, Angela ^a   Bahlo, Melanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Quantitative trait loci; Systolic blood pressure

Indexed keywords

VICTORIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEX FACTORS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0346109623     PISSN: 15312267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00069.2001     Document Type: Article

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