Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene and retinal arteriolar narrowing: The Funagata Study

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 788-793

  Tanabe, Y ^a   Kawasaki, R ^a,b,c   Wang, J J ^b,d   Wong, T Y ^b,e   Mitchell, P ^d   Daimon, M ^a   Oizumi, T ^a   Kato, T ^a   Kawata, S ^a   Kayama, T ^a   Yamashita, H ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOLES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70749155152     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2009.27     Document Type: Article

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