Nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphism and its influence on cardiovascular disease

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-87

  Soma, Masayoshi ^a   Nakayama, Tomohiro ^a   Kanmatsuse, Katsuo ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ALLELE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; INTRON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; TANDEM REPEAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0032915914     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041552-199901000-00013     Document Type: Review

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