Blood pressure genetics: time to focus

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 231-237

  Harrap, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

CHARGE; genetic loci; GlobalBPgen; GWAS

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CYTOGENETICS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 67650747514     PISSN: 19331711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jash.2009.06.001     Document Type: Review

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