Recent findings in the genetics of blood pressure and hypertension traits

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 392-400

  Franceschini, Nora ^a   Reiner, Alexander P ^b   Heiss, Gerardo ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; genes; genome wide association; hypertension

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 17;

AFRICA; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BLOOD PRESSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION;

EID: 79952987360     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2010.218     Document Type: Article

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