COMT gene val158met polymorphism in patients with dyspeptic symptoms

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 55, Issue 84, 2008, Pages 979-982

  Tahara, Tomomitsu ^a,c   Arisawa, Tomiyasu ^b   Shibata, Tomoyuki ^b   Nakamura, Masakatsu ^b   Wang, Fangyu ^b   Hirata, Ichiro ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

COMT; Dyspepsia; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; METHIONINE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; VALINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLELE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VALINE;

EID: 47149109516     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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