Genes and environment behind ethnical differences in variations in left ventricular mass

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-243

  De Faire, Ulf ^a,b   Prince, Jonathan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ETHNOLOGY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 1342343915     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200402000-00003     Document Type: Editorial

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