Lack of Association between Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Polymorphisms and Henoch-Schönlein Purpura

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 299-301

  Amoli, Mahsa M ^a   Garcia Porrua, Carlos ^b   Calviño, Maria C ^b   Ollier, William E R ^a   Gonzalez Gay, Miguel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disease susceptibility; ENOS polymorphism; Haplotype associations; Henoch Sch nlein purpura

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; EXON; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; NEPHRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TANDEM REPEAT; VASCULITIS;

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH;

EID: 0742270417     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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