Genetic factors associated with the absence of Atherosclerosis in octogenarians

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2002, Pages M611-M615

  Zuliani, Giovanni ^a   Cherubini, Antonio ^c   Volpato, Stefano ^a   Palmieri, Elisabetta ^a   Mecocci, Patrizia ^c   De Rango, Paola ^c   Cao, Piergiorgio ^c   Costantini, Fabrizio ^c   Mezzetti, Andrea ^c   Mascoli, Francesco ^b   Senin, Umberto ^c   Fellin, Renato ^a  

^a Section of Internal Medicine II   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); APOLIPOPROTEIN E; ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE; ESTERASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 17144441822     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/57.9.M611     Document Type: Article

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