Heritability of left ventricular mass in a large cohort of twins

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 321-324

  Sharma, Pankaj ^a   Middelberg, Rita P S ^b   Andrew, Toby ^a   Johnson, Michael R ^a   Christley, Howard ^b   Brown, Morris J ^c  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Gemini Genomics   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genes; Heritability; Left ventricular mass; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWINS;

EID: 33644789230     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2005.11.464     Document Type: Article

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