Dr Lewis kitchener dahl, the dahl rats, and the “Inconvenient truth” about the genetics of hypertension

Hypertension

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 963-969

  Joe, Bina ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

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ANIMAL; ART; DAHL RAT; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RAT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENETICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RATS; RATS, INBRED DAHL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027954617     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.114.04368     Document Type: Article

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