Article
Age, gender, and non-modulation. A sexual dimorphism in essential hypertension.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Apr 1997
Fisher N D, Ferri C, Bellini C, Santucci A, Gleason R, Williams G H, Hollenberg N K, Seely E W
Abstract excerpt
The angiotensinogen gene is one of the very few related by linkage analysis to human hypertension, but the linkage has been consistently shown only among males. Moreover, polymorphisms in this gene predict an abnormal renal responsiveness to angiotensin II, a feature of non-modulation, but again,...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Aldosterone
- Angiotensin II
- Angiotensinogen
- Data Interpretation, Statistical
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Hypertension
- Infusions, Parenteral