T-786C polymorphism in endothelial NO synthase gene affects cerebral circulation in smokers: Possible gene-environmental interaction

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 605-610

  Nasreen, Shampa ^a   Nabika, Toru ^a   Shibata, Hiroshi ^a   Moriyama, Hidehiko ^a   Yamashita, Kazuya ^a   Masuda, Junichi ^a   Kobayashi, Shotai ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral circulation; Cross sectional studies; Nitric oxide synthase; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SMOKING;

EID: 0036118125     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000013286.60021.FE     Document Type: Article

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