Association of improved cardiac function in donors with C34T mutation of the AMP deaminase 1 gene

Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 275-277

  Yuen, A H Y ^a   Yacoub, M H ^a   Birks, E J ^a   Kalsi, K K ^a   Johnson, P H ^a   Smolenski, R T ^a  

^a HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMP Deaminase; C34T Mutation; Heart Transplantation; Organ Donors

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE DEAMINASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEART; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ORGAN DONOR; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALLELES; AMP DEAMINASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENOTYPE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MUTATION; MYOCARDIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 22044437435     PISSN: 15257770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/NCN-59709     Document Type: Article

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