Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene intron4 VNTR polymorphism in patients with coronary artery disease in Iran

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 124, Issue DEC., 2006, Pages 683-688

  Salimi, Saeedeh ^a,c   Firoozrai, Mohsen ^a   Nourmohammadi, Issa ^a   Shabani, Mohammad ^a   Mohebbi, Ahmad ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Nitric oxide synthase gene; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; IRAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; AGED; BLOOD; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 34247135939     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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