Replication of the Wellcome Trust genome-wide association study of essential hypertension: The Family Blood Pressure Program

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1507-1511

  Ehret, Georg B ^a   Morrison, Alanna C ^b   O'Connor, Ashley A ^a   Grove, Megan L ^b   Baird, Lisa ^c   Schwander, Karen ^d   Weder, Alan ^e   Cooper, Richard S ^f   Rao, D C ^d   Hunt, Steven C ^c   Boerwinkle, Eric ^b   Chakravarti, Aravinda ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; EUROPE; FAMILY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEREDITARY HYPERTENSION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICATION STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHILD; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56749149825     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.102     Document Type: Article

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