Association of high-altitude systemic hypertension with the deletion allele-of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 10-14

  Kumar, Ratan ^a   Qadar Pasha, M A ^a,b   Khan, Amjad P ^a,b   Gupta, V ^a   Grover, S K ^a   Norboo, T ^a,c   Srivastava, K K ^a   Selvamurthy, W ^a   Brahamchari, S K ^a,b  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c SNM Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

ACE; High altitude; Hypertension; I D genotypes

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; RENIN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE; ALTITUDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENE DELETION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RENIN; RISK FACTORS;

INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0742288059     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-003-0172-4     Document Type: Article

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