Vasovagal syncope patients and the C825T GNB3 polymorphism

Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 206-208

  Lelonek, Malgorzata ^a   Pietrucha, Tadeusz ^a   Stanczyk, Adam ^a   Goch, Jan Henryk ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gene polymorphism; Syncope; Tilting

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN BETA3 SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMPLICON; ANAMNESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; POLAND; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL;

EID: 34447107791     PISSN: 13028723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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