The G-308A polymorphism of the TNF-α; gene does not predict changes in cardiac function in response to medical therapy for idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 254-258

  Brooksbank, Richard ^a   Badenhorst, Danelle ^a   Sliwa, Karen ^a   Norton, Gavin ^a   Woodiwiss, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; PERINDOPRIL; TRANDOLAPRIL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ALLELES; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIGOXIN; DIURETICS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 56549117398     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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