Lack of association between endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene G894T polymorphism hypertension in the Tunisian population

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-89

  Sediri, Yousra ^a   Kallel, Amani ^a   Ayadi, Ilhem ^a   Feki, Moncef ^a   Elasmi, Monia ^a   Taieb, Samah Haj ^a   Sanhaji, Haïfa ^a   Souheil, Omar ^a   Jemaa, Riadh ^a   Kaabachi, Naziha ^a  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUNISIA; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TUNISIA;

EID: 77953609429     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.03.011     Document Type: Letter

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