Thrombomodulin gene mutations associated with myocardial infarction

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-18

  Ireland, Helen ^a,b   Kunz, Gabriella ^a   Kyriakoulis, Konstantinos ^a   Stubbs, Peter J ^b   Lane, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Genetics; Myocardial infarction; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5A; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8A; DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA; PROTEIN C; THROMBIN; THROMBIN RECEPTOR; THROMBOMODULIN; VALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0030855091     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.1.15     Document Type: Article

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