Heritability of Leukoaraiosis in Hypertensive Sibships

Hypertension

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 483-487

  Turner, Stephen T ^a   Jack, Clifford R ^a   Fornage, Myriam ^a   Mosley, Thomas H ^a   Boerwinkle, Eric ^a   de Andrade, Mariza ^a  

^a Human Genetics Center and Institute of Molecular Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Brain; Genetic; Genetics; Hypertension; Ischemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SIZE; CAUCASIAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELDERLY CARE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SIBLINGS;

EID: 0842289489     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000112303.26158.92     Document Type: Article

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