Serine/threonine kinase 39 is a candidate gene for primary hypertension especially in women: Results from two cohort studies in Swedes

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 484-491

  Fava, Cristiano ^a,b   Danese, Elisa ^a,c   Montagnana, Martina ^a,c   Sjögren, Marketa ^a   Almgren, Peter ^a   Engström, Gunnar ^a   Nilsson, Peter ^a   Hedblad, Bo ^a   Guidi, Gian C ^c   Minuz, Pietro ^b   Melander, Olle ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

blood pressure; genetics; hypertension; serine threonine kinase 39; Ste20 related proline alanine rich kinase

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SERINE THREONINE KINASE 39; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWEDEN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79951661537     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328342b2c1     Document Type: Article

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