Association between achalasia and nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphisms

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1979-1984

  Mearin, Fermín ^a   García González, María Asunción ^b   Strunk, Michael ^c   Zárate, Natalia ^a,d   Malagelada, Juán Ramón ^d   Lanas, Angel ^b  

^a CENTRO MÉDICO TEKNON   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GENOMIC DNA; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; DNA; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PRESSURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33748336264     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00762.x     Document Type: Article

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