Association study of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 gene (ACE2) polymorphisms and essential hypertension in northern Han Chinese

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 968-971

  Huang, W ^a,b,c   Yang, W ^c,d   Wang, Y ^c,d   Zhao, Q ^c,d   Gu, D ^d   Chen, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINESE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME CENTER AT SHANGHAI   (China)

^d FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 33751251070     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002090     Document Type: Article

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