Characterization of arginase 1 gene polymorphisms in the Algerian population and association with blood pressure

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 10-11, 2009, Pages 1178-1182

  Meroufel, Djabaria ^a,b   Dumont, Julie ^a   Médiène Benchekor, Sounnia ^c   Benhammamouch, Soraya ^c   Ducimetière, Pierre ^a   Cottel, Dominique ^a   Montaye, Michèle ^a   Amouyel, Philippe ^a   Brousseau, Thierry ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET DE LA TECHNOLOGIE D ORAN MOHAMED BOUDIAF   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ORAN   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Arginase 1; Blood pressure; Genetic epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE 1;

ADULT; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; FRANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALGERIA; ALLELES; ARGINASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FRANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 67349161080     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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