The functional HERG variant 897T is associated with Conn's adenoma

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 479-487

  Sarzani, Riccardo ^a,c   Pietrucci, Francesca ^a   Corinaldesi, Christian ^a   Francioni, Matteo ^a   Letizia, Claudio ^b   D'Erasmo, Emilio ^b   Dessì Fulgheri, Paolo ^a   Rappelli, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Aldosterone; HERG; Potassium channel

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LYSINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; THREONINE;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ALDOSTERONOMA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONN ADENOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 32944470637     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000209984.28735.fd     Document Type: Article

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