Familial evidence of vasospastic angina and possible involvement of HLA- DR2 in susceptibility to coronary spasm

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 284-288

  Horimoto, Masashi ^a,c   Wakisaka, Akemi ^b   Takenaka, Takashi ^a   Igarashi, Keiichi ^a   Inoue, Hitoki ^a   Yoshimura, Haruhiko ^a   Miyata, Setsuya ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary spasm; Familial occurrence; HLA antigen

Indexed keywords

HLA DR2 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; PROVOCATION TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS, VARIANT; CORONARY VASOSPASM; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-DR2 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031891068     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.62.284     Document Type: Article

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