A Study of The Relationship between The Interleukin-6 Gene and Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Clinical and Translational Science

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 337-339

  Larkin, Emma K ^a   Patel, Sanjay R ^b   Zhu, Xiaofeng ^b   Tracy, Russell P ^c   Jenny, Nancy S ^c   Reiner, Alex P ^d   Walston, Jeremy ^e   Redline, Susan ^b,f  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Genetic studies; Interleukin 6; Obstructive sleep apnea; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALLELES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 78650233156     PISSN: 17528054     EISSN: 17528062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-8062.2010.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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