A common genetic factor underlies hypertension and other cardiovascular disorders

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Williams, Frances M K ^a   Cherkas, Lynn F ^a   Spector, Tim D ^a   MacGregor, Alex J ^a,b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRAINE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VARIANCE; VASOSPASM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PHENOTYPE; RAYNAUD DISEASE; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 13144299335     PISSN: 14712261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-4-20     Document Type: Article

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