A genetic predisposition to hypertension?

Hypertension

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-28

  Geller, David S ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; EDITORIAL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HENLE LOOP; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SODIUM ABSORPTION;

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 3042628538     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000134531.28796.32     Document Type: Editorial

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