Blood pressure profile along the arterial tree and genetics of hypertension

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 166-169

  Bortolotto, Luiz Aparecido ^a   Safar, Michel E ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY WALL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ANIMAL; ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 33645674456     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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