Role of angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphisms in children with sepsis and septic shock

Pediatrics International

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 477-480

  Cogulu, Ozgur ^a   Onay, Huseyin ^a   Uzunkaya, Demet ^b   Gunduz, Cumhur ^a   Pehlivan, Sacide ^a   Vardar, Fadil ^a   Atlihan, Fusun ^b   Ozkinay, Cihangir ^a   Ozkinay, Ferda ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Behcet Uz Children's Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; Children; Gene expression; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ACE GENE; ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE HYBRIDIZATION ASSAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 50249105218     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02583.x     Document Type: Article

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