Article
Genetic polymorphisms and erythrocyte sodium-lithium countertransport in essential hypertension.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 15 Nov 1996
Tournoy K G, Delanghe J R, Duprez D A, De Buyzere M L, Verbeeck R M, Vergauwe D A, Leroux-Roels G G, Clement D L
Abstract excerpt
Erythrocyte sodium-lithium countertransport (SLC) activity is elevated in essential arterial hypertension. With the growing attention to the genetic substrate of disturbed biochemical tests associated with essential arterial hypertension, we were particularly interested in the involvement of key...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Analysis of Variance
- Antiporters
- Biological Transport
- Body Weight
- Calcium Channel Blockers
- Case-Control Studies
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Erythrocyte Membrane
- Female
- Haptoglobins
- Humans
- Hypertension
- Lithium
- MNSs Blood-Group System
- Male
- Middle Aged