The genetics of sleep apnea

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 583-602

  Redline, Susan ^a   Tishler, Peter V ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic epidemiology; Heritability; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; AGOUTI PROTEIN; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN 3; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE REGULATED PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; OREXIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

BODY FAT; BREATHING MUSCLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; GENE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ONCOGENE RET; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 0034485775     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/smrv.2000.0120     Document Type: Review

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