A Common Variant of the Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (Glu 298 →Asp) Is a Major Risk Factor for Coronary Artery Disease in the UK
- 5 October 1999
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 100 (14) , 1515-1520
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.100.14.1515
Abstract
Background—Endothelium-derived nitric oxide (NO) is synthesised from l-arginine by endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) encoded by the NOS 3 gene on chromosome 7. Because reduced NO synthesis h...Keywords
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