Genetic variants of connexin37 are associated with carotid intima-medial thickness and future onset of ischemic stroke

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-106

  Leu, Hsin Bang ^a,b   Chung, Chia Min ^a,c   Chuang, Shao Yuan ^c   Bai, Chyi Huey ^d,e   Chen, Jiunn Rong ^f   Chen, Jaw Wen ^a,b   Pan, Wen Harn ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Connexin37; Intima medial thickness; Ischemic stroke

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ANTITHROMBIN III; ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CONNEXIN 37; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; KINESIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ALLELES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 78650816974     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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