Article
Angiotensinogen as a risk factor for essential hypertension in Japan.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Mar 1994
Hata A, Namikawa C, Sasaki M, Sato K, Nakamura T, Tamura K, Lalouel J M
Abstract excerpt
A common molecular variant of angiotensinogen (AGT), the precursor of the potent vasoactive hormone angiotensin II, has been incriminated as a marker for a genetic predisposition to essential hypertension in Caucasians (Jeunemaitre, X., F. Soubrier, Y. V. Kotelevtsev, R. P. Lifton, C. S. Williams...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- Angiotensinogen
- Genotype
- Humans
- Hypertension
- Japan
- Middle Aged
- Risk Factors
