Association between the connexin37 polymorphism and peripheral arterial disease in subjects with type 2 diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Katakami, Naoto ^a   Sakamoto, Ken'ya ^a   Kaneto, Hideaki ^a   Matsuhisa, Munehide ^a   Shimizu, Ikki ^b,c   Ishibashi, Fukashi ^d   Osonoi, Takeshi ^e   Kashiwagi, Atsunori ^f   Kawamori, Ryuzo ^g   Hori, Masatsugu ^a   Yamasaki, Yoshimitsu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b EHIME PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Ehime Prefectural Imabari Hospital   (Japan)

^d Ishibashi Clinics   (Japan)

^e Naka Kinen Clinics   (Japan)

^f SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^g JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 37;

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONNEXINS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 66149144322     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc08-2185     Document Type: Letter

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