The connexin 37 gene polymorphism and coronary artery disease in Ireland

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-396

  Horan, P G ^a   Allen, A R ^b   Patterson, C C ^b   Spence, M S ^a   McGlinchey, P G ^a   McKeown, Pascal ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 37;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

CONNEXINS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 33644539527     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.055665     Document Type: Article

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