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Platelet Pl(A2) allele and incidence of coronary heart disease: results from the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) Study.
Circulation - 17 Oct 2000
Aleksic N, Juneja H, Folsom A R, Ahn C, Boerwinkle E, Chambless L E, Wu K K
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BACKGROUND: The major platelet integrin glycoprotein IIb-IIIa plays a primary role in platelet aggregation and acute thrombus formation at the site of vascular injury. A genetic polymorphism of glycoprotein IIb-IIIa (Pl(A)) has recently been proposed as a potential genetic factor linking to plate...
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