Gene variants of the renin-angiotensin system and hypertension: From a trough of disillusionment to a welcome phase of enlightenment?

Clinical Science

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 487-506

  Norton, Gavin R ^a   Brooksbank, Richard ^a   Woodiwiss, Angela J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE); Angiotensinogen (AGT); Gene; Human hypertension; Renin angiotensin system (RAS)

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; BLOOD PRESSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM;

EID: 76849116545     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20090498     Document Type: Review

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