Common haplotypes in the β-2 adrenergic receptor gene are not associated with acute mountain sickness susceptibility in Nepalese

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 206-212

  Wang, Pei ^a   Koehle, Michael S ^a,b   Rupert, Jim L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute mountain sickness; Endocrine system; Hereditary factors; Hormone receptors; Tolerance to high altitude

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALLELES; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2;

EID: 34548622370     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2007.1018     Document Type: Article

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