A smoking-dependent risk of coronary artery disease associated with a polymorphism of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-45

  Wang, Xing L ^a   Sim, Ah Siew ^a   Badenhop, Renee F ^a   Michael Mccredie, R ^a   Wilcken, David E L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE HENRY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0030048029     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0196-41     Document Type: Article

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