Diogenes in the 2000s: Searching for hypertension genes

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1081-1083

  Castellano, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; EDITORIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 2642570897     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200406000-00004     Document Type: Editorial

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