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Influence of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genotype, exercise and other risk factors on endothelial function in healthy individuals.
Clinical science (London, England : 1979) - 1 Jan 2002
Pullin Catherine H, Wilson John F, Ashfield-Watt Pauline A L, Clark Zoë E, Whiting Jenny M, Lewis Malcolm J, McDowell Ian F W
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Cardiovascular disease has a multifactorial aetiology that is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. Endothelial dysfunction is a key event in the pathogenesis of vascular disease that occurs before structural vascular changes or clinical symptoms are evident. Conventional risk factors, for example hypertension and diabetes mellitus, are associated with endothelial dysfunction, but the influence of...
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