Variation in the alpha2B-adrenoceptor gene as a risk factor for prehospital fatal myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 190-194

  Snapir, Amir ^a   Mikkelsson, Jussi ^b   Perola, Markus ^c   Penttilä, Antti ^d   Scheinin, Mika ^a   Karhunen, Pekka J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2B ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR ALPHA 2B; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR ALPHA-2B; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FATALITY; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOSPASM; CAUSE OF DEATH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NOTE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; RISK FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0037440041     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)02702-X     Document Type: Article

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