Polymorphisms of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (NOS3) gene in preeclampsia: A candidate-gene association study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zdoukopoulos, Nikos ^a   Doxani, Chrysa ^a   Messinis, Ioannis E ^a   Stefanidis, Ioannis ^a   Zintzaras, Elias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; DNA; NOS3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREECLAMPSIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PARITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 80155192991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-11-89     Document Type: Article

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