title: [BNP as a biomarker of hypertensive complications].
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hirosaki University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shoji
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasujima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques / Q000379:methods; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D010446:Peptide Fragments; C109794:pro-brain natriuretic peptide (1-76); D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain