Polymorphisms of renin-angiotensin genes among Nigerians, Jamaicans, and African Americans.

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Published in Hypertension on March 01, 1996

Authors

C Rotimi1, A Puras, R Cooper, N McFarlane-Anderson, T Forrester, O Ogunbiyi, L Morrison, R Ward

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Hypertension in Blacks of West African Origin | NCT00005340

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