Evidence for contribution of the y chromosome in atherosclerotic plaque occurrence in men

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 552-556

  Voskarides, Konstantinos ^a   Hadjipanagi, Despina ^a   Papazachariou, Louiza ^a   Griffin, Maura ^b   Panayiotou, Andrie G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b Vascular Noninvasive Screening and Diagnostic Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^d Cyprus Cardiovascular Disease Educational and Research Trust   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GREEK (PEOPLE); HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; Y CHROMOSOME; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYPRUS; ECHOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYPRUS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 84905651400     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2014.0020     Document Type: Article

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