A genome-wide linkage analysis investigating the determinants of blood pressure in whites and African Americans

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-153

  Thiel, Bonnie A ^a   Chakravarti, Aravinda ^c   Cooper, Richard S ^d   Luke, Amy ^d   Lewis, Sue ^b   Lynn, Audrey ^b   Tiwari, Hemant ^a   Schork, Nicholas J ^a,f   Weder, Alan B ^e  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Genetics; Heredity; Hypertension; Linkage analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 18; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; DATABASES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENOME, HUMAN; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); SIBLINGS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12244297741     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(02)03246-6     Document Type: Article

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