Association Between Val158Met Functional Polymorphism in the COMT Gene and Risk of Preeclampsia in a Chinese Population

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-158

  Liang, Shanshan ^a,b   Liu, Xinghui ^b   Fan, Ping ^a   Liu, Rui ^c   Zhang, Juan ^a   He, Guolin ^b   Liu, Yu ^a   Bai, Huai ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Catechol O methyltransferase gene; Genotype; Polymorphism; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy induced hypertension

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHINA; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; METHIONINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; VALINE;

EID: 84860609314     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: 18735487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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