Association of COMT gene polymorphisms with systemic atherosclerosis in elderly Japanese

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 552-558

  Ko, Maung Kyi Chan ^a   Ikeda, Shinobu ^a   Mieno Naka, Makiko ^b   Arai, Tomio ^c   Zaidi, Syed Ali Hyder ^a   Sato, Noriko ^a   Muramatsu, Masaaki ^a   Sawabe, Motoji ^c  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Coronary stenosis; Pathological atherosclerosis; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; FORMALDEHYDE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENOTIC INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL STENOTIC INDEX; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGICAL ATHEROSCLEROTIC INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84863549791     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.11254     Document Type: Article

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