The eNOS gene: A candidate for the preeclampsia susceptibility locus?

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-93

  Lade, Jennifer A ^a,d   Moses, Eric K ^a   Guo, Guanglan ^b   Wilton, Alan N ^b   Grehan, Madonna ^a   Cooper, Desmond W ^c   Brennecke, Shaun P ^a  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Candidate gene; eNOS; Genetics; Linkage; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIGREE; PREECLAMPSIA;

EID: 0033048947     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641959909009613     Document Type: Article

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