The effect of mannan-binding lectin variant alleles on coronary artery reactivity in healthy young men

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 317-318

  Aittoniemi, Janne ^a   Fan, Yue Mei ^b   Laaksonen, Reijo ^a,c   Janatuinen, Tuula ^d   Vesalainen, Risto ^d   Nuutila, Pirjo ^d   Knuuti, Juhani ^d   Hulkkonen, Janne ^e   Hurme, Mikko ^e   Lehtimäki, Terho ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coronary artery reactivity; Gene polymorphism; Mannan binding lectin; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; MANNAN BINDING LECTIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPEREMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ALLELES; CARDIAC VOLUME; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MALE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 4644287859     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2003.06.027     Document Type: Article

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