Polymorphisms in the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene are associated with Behçet's disease

Rheumatology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 614-617

  Karasneh, J A ^b   Hajeer, A H ^b   Silman, A ^b   Worthington, Jane ^b   Ollier, W E R ^b   Gul, A ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene (eNOS); Haplotype; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS;

BEHCET SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 20444452169     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh561     Document Type: Article

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