Change of genetic determinants of left ventricular structure in adolescence: Longitudinal evidence from the Georgia Cardiovascular Twin Study

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 799-805

  Kapuku, Gaston K ^a   Ge, Dongliang ^a   Vemulapalli, Sarita ^a   Harshfield, Gregory A ^a   Treiber, Frank A ^a   Snieder, Harold ^a,b,c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GEORGIA; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 46249124205     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2008.178     Document Type: Article

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