Article
Venous thrombosis in relation to fibrinogen and factor VII genes among African-Americans.
Journal of clinical epidemiology - 1 Oct 2000
Austin H, Hooper W C, Lally C, Dilley A, Ellingsen D, Wideman C, Wenger N K, Rawlins P, Silva V, Evatt B
Abstract excerpt
We evaluated the relation between venous thrombosis and plasma fibrinogen levels, the HaeIII and BcI polymorphisms of the beta fibrinogen gene, and the MspI polymorphisms of the factor VII gene in a case-control study of African-Americans. The study included 91 venous thrombosis cases and 185 control subjects obtained from a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. High plasma fibrinogen was associated with increased risk...
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