eNOS allelic variants at the same locus associate with HAPE and adaptation [2]

Thorax

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1000-1002

  Ahsan, A ^a,c   Charu, R ^a,c   Pasha, M A Q ^a   Norboo, T ^b   Afrin, F ^c   Baig, M A ^c  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b Ladakh Heart Foundation   (India)

^c HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENOS GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HIGH ALTITUDE LUNG EDEMA; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 8544262924     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.029124     Document Type: Letter

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