Polymorphism in high density lipoprotein paraoxonase gene and risk of acute myocardial infarction in men: Prospective nested case-control study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 319, Issue 7208, 1999, Pages 487-488

  Salonen, Jukka T ^a   Malin, Riikka ^b   Tuomainen, Tomi Pekka ^a   Nyyssönen, Kristiina ^a   Lakka, Timo A ^a   Lehtimäki, Terho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ESTERASES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033592123     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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