Association of the missense Glu298Asp variant of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene with severe preeclampsia

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 238-241

  Yoshimura, Toshihiro ^a   Yoshimura, Michihiro ^a   Tabata, Ai ^a   Shimasaki, Yukio ^a   Nakayama, Masafumi ^a   Miyamoto, Yoshihiro ^b   Saito, Yoshihiko ^b   Nakao, Kazuwa ^b   Yasue, Hirofumi ^a   Okamura, Hitoshi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Genetics; Nitric oxide; Polymorphism; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 0034622202     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5576(00)00060-5     Document Type: Article

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