Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at Jikei University, Medical Department describe research in genetics & genomics
Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 7th, 2008
According to a study from Tokyo, Japan, "Coronary spasm plays an important role in pathogenesis of variant angina and also ischernic heart diseases in general, and it is more likely to occur in angiographically normal coronary arteries than in coronary arteries. We previously found a - 786T/C polymorphism in the 5'-flanking region of the nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene and reported that polymorphism is associated with coronary spasm."
"We report on an investigation of the genetic factor(s) associated with coronary spasm utilizing a case-control study. We recruited 411 consecutive Japanese women (201 with coronary spasm; 210 who were all underwent an acetylcholine...
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