Genetic association study of the GNB3 C825T, the ACE I/D and the eNOS G894T polymorphisms and the risk to develop erectile dysfunction in a German ED population

Andrologia

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 218-224

  Eisenhardt, A ^a,f   Stief, C ^b   Porst, H ^c   Wetterauer, U ^d   Weidner, W ^e   Rubben H ^f   Sperling, H ^a,f  

^a KLINIKEN MARIA HILF GMBH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Hamburg Office   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; genetic polymorphism; GNB3 C825T

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; G-PROTEIN BETA3 SUBUNIT; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NOS3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROSTAGLANDIN E1;

ACE GENE; ADULT; ARTICLE; C825T GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; GNB3 GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOGENE; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PENIS ERECTION;

AGE OF ONSET; ALPROSTADIL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PENILE ERECTION; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 77954606437     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2009.00975.x     Document Type: Article

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