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Variant of endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene determines severity of atherosclerosis

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A common variant of an enzyme which produces nitric oxide in endothelial cells may in future become a genetic marker for susceptibility to atherosclerosis.

Researchers in Italy have shown for the first time that the polymorphic Glu→Asp variant of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) is linked to the extent and …

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