Polymorphisms of the tyrosine hydroxylase gene in subjects susceptible to high-altitude pulmonary edema

Chest

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-58

  Hanaoka, Masayuki ^a   Droma, Yunden ^a   Hotta, Junichi ^a   Matsuzawa, Yukinori ^a   Kobayashi, Toshio ^a   Kubo, Keishi ^a   Ota, Masao ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid body; High altitude pulmonary edema; Hypoxic ventilatory response; Polymorphism; Tyrosine hydroxylase gene

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CAROTID BODY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTRON; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TH GENE;

EID: 0037249420     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.1.54     Document Type: Article

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