The intron 4c allele of the NOS3 gene is associated with ischemic stroke in African Americans

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Grewal, R P ^a   Dutra, A V C ^a   Liao, Yi C ^b   Juo, Ss H ^b,c   Papamitsakis, N I H ^d  

^a NEW JERSEY NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ALLELE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INTRON; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; STROKE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; STROKE;

EID: 38949197143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-8-76     Document Type: Article

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