Polymorphisms in nitric oxide synthase and endothelin genes among children with obstructive sleep apnea

BMC Medical Genomics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Chatsuriyawong, Siriporn ^a,b   Gozal, David ^a   Kheirandish Gozal, Leila ^a   Bhattacharjee, Rakesh ^a   Khalyfa, Ahamed A ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Sukhumsirichart, Wasana ^b   Khalyfa, Abdelnaby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Children; Endothelin (EDN); Nitric oxide synthase (NOS); OSA; Polymorphisms; SNP

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; GENOMIC DNA; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ISOPROTEIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; PROTEIN EDNRA; PROTEIN EDNRB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EDN1 GENE; EDN2 GENE; EDN3 GENE; EDNRA GENE; EDNRB GENE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NOS1 GENE; NOS2 GENE; NOS3 GENE; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP TIME; SNORING; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION;

OSA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOTHELINS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84883539642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17558794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1755-8794-6-29     Document Type: Article

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