WNK4 polymorphisms and essential hypertension in the uyghur population

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-185

  Lu, Ming ^a,b   Wang, Xiaofen ^a   Wang, Fen ^b   Wang, Shumei ^b   Lin, Renyong ^c   Wang, Shizhen ^c   Wen, Hao ^c   Jin, Li ^a,d  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Genetics; Hypertension; Polymorphism; Uyghur; WNK4

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; ETHNIC GROUP; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PREVALENCE; WNK4 GENE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HYPERTENSION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUTATION; RISK FACTOR;

PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; WNK4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXONS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRONS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 66949118271     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: 15256006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641960802621325     Document Type: Article

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