Genetic polymorphisms in the beta-subunit of the epithelial sodium channel (βENaC) gene in the Japanese population

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 130-134

  Suzuki, Michiko ^a   Sato, Tomomi ^a   Fujiwara, Tohru ^a   Michimata, Mari ^a   Araki, Tsutomu ^a   Metoki, Hirohito ^a   Kikuya, Masahiro ^a   Kazama, Itsuro ^a   Hashimoto, Junichiro ^a   Hozawa, Atsushi ^a   Ohkubo, Takayoshi ^a   Tsuji, Ichiro ^a   Imai, Yutaka ^a   Matsubara, Mitsunobu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epithelial sodium channel; Hypertension; Plasma sodium; Renin

Indexed keywords

RENIN; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EPITHELIUM; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 18644374582     PISSN: 13421751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03353389     Document Type: Article

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