Genetics of hypertension • current status

Journal Medical Libanais

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 175-178

  Butler, Merlin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 20; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME 7; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; REVIEW;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 79957669512     PISSN: 00239852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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