The associations among eNOS G894T gene polymorphism, erectile dysfunction and related risk factors

BJU International

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1116-1120

  Lee, Yung Chin ^a,b   Huang, Chun Hsiung ^a   Wang, Chii Jye ^a,b   Liu, Chia Chu ^a   Wu, Wen Jeng ^a   Chang, Lin Li ^c   Lin, Hui Hui ^c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

eNOS; Erectile dysfunction; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGONADISM; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DNA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN;

EID: 35148864566     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07110.x     Document Type: Article

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