Evidence for association of endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene in subjects with glaucoma and a history of migraine

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3221-3226

  Logan, Joanne F J ^a   Chakravarthy, Usha ^b   Hughes, Anne E ^b   Patterson, Chris C ^b   Jackson, Jonathan A ^a,b,c   Rankin, Simon J A ^a  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE 2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENDOTHELIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS2A PROTEIN, HUMAN; NOS3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; GENETICS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 27244441330     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0368     Document Type: Article

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