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Homozygosity for 807 T polymorphism in alpha(2) subunit of platelet alpha(2)beta(1) is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular mortality in high-risk women.
Circulation - 3 Oct 2000
Roest M, Banga J D, Grobbee D E, de Groot P G, Sixma J J, Tempelman M J, van der Schouw Y T
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BACKGROUND: Platelet adhesion to collagen is the initial step in both hemostasis and thrombosis; this adhesion is mediated by alpha(2)beta(1) on the surface of platelet membranes. An 807 C to T single nucleotide exchange polymorphism close to the gene coding for the alpha(2) subunit of alpha(2)beta(1) is associated with the density of alpha(2)beta(1) on the platelet membrane. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied the...
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