A promoter polymorphism of the insulin-like growth factor-I gene is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 239-240

  Bleumink, G S ^a,b   Schut, A F C ^a   Sturkenboom, M C J M ^a   Janssen, J A M J L ^a   Witteman, J C M ^a   Van Duijn, C M ^a   Hofman, A ^a   Stricker, Bruno H Ch ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Inspectorate for Health Care   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 12744253684     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.019778     Document Type: Article

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