TH01, a tetrameric short tandem repeat locus in the tyrosine hydroxylase gene: Association with myocardial hypertrophy and death from myocardial infarction?

Disease Markers

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-13

  Klintschar, Michael ^a   Immel, Uta Dorothee ^a   Stiller, Dankwart ^a   Kleiber, Manfred ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENOTYPE; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART WEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 15244360210     PISSN: 02780240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2005/256254     Document Type: Article

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