Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphisms in non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 288-292

  Sakai, Tsutomu ^a   Shikishima, Keigo ^a   Matsushima, Masato ^a   Kitahara, Kenji ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ischemic optic neuropathy; Nitric oxide synthase; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXON; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; JAPANESE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 33847136788     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-0245-7     Document Type: Article

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