Endothelial nitric oxide synthase intron 4 polymorphism influences the progression of renal disease

Nephron

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 219-223

  Asakimori, Yukiteru ^a   Yorioka, Noriaki ^a   Yamamoto, Ichiro ^a   Okumoto, Satoshi ^a   Doi, Shigehiro ^a   Hirai, Takayuki ^a   Taniguchi, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetic nephropathy; End stage renal disease; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Gene polymorphism; Nondiabetic nephropathy

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTRONS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0034824514     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000046071     Document Type: Article

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