Tumour necrosis factor β alleles and hyperinsulinaemia in coronary artery disease

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 538-542

  Braun, J ^a   Marz W ^b   Winkelmann, B R ^c,d   Donner, H ^a   Henning Usadel, K ^a   Badenhoop, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c Medizinische Klinik B   (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Gene polymorphism; Hyperinsulinaemia; Non insulin dependent diabetes; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; INSULIN; LYMPHOTOXIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ALLELES; C-PEPTIDE; CORONARY DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYPERINSULINISM; INSULIN; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0031877521     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.1998.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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