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eNOS gene variants and the risk of premature myocardial infarction.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2013
Zigra Aggeliki-Maria, Rallidis Loukianos S, Anastasiou Georgia, Merkouri Efrossyni, Gialeraki Argyri
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BACKGROUND: Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) as well as nitric oxide play an important role in the regulation of cardiovascular function. There are limited and controversial data regarding the impact of polymorphisms of eNOS gene that is implicated in the vasoconstrictive properties of the endothelium in the pathogenesis of premature myocardial infarction (MI). OBJECTIVE: We examined whether two common...
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