Homocysteine and MTHFR and VEGF gene polymorphisms: Impact on coronary artery disease;Homocisteína e polimorfismos dos genes MTHFR e VEGF: Impacto na doença arterial coronariana

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 249-254

  Guerzoni, Alexandre Rodrigues ^a   Biselli, Patrícia Matos ^a,c   De Godoy, Moacir Fernandes ^a   Souza, Doroteia Rossi Silva ^a   Haddad, Renato ^b   Eberlin, Marcos Nogueira ^b   Pavarino Bertelli, Erika Cristina ^a   Goloni Bertollo, Eny Maria ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Homocysteine; Polymorphism, genetic

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); HOMOCYSTEINE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 67650354066     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2009000400003     Document Type: Article

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