Association analyses between polymorphisms in the GJA4 gene cluster and myocardial infarction in Japanese

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1226-1227

  Iwanaga, Yoshitaka ^b   Mannami, Toshifumi ^b   Goto, Yoichi ^b   Nonogi, Hiroshi ^b   Iwai, Naoharu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 37; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ASIAN; ATHEROGENESIS; BIOPHYSICS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME 1P35; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; LETTER; MARKER GENE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0346272813     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613431     Document Type: Letter

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