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Activated factor XII levels and factor XII 46C>T genotype in relation to coronary artery calcification in patients with type 1 diabetes and healthy subjects.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Aug 2002
Colhoun Helen M, Zito Francesco, Norman Chan N, Rubens Michael B, Fuller John H, Humphries Steve E
Abstract excerpt
The relationship of activated factor XII (FXIIa) and FXII 46C>T genotype to coronary atherosclerosis and endothelial function was examined in 192 randomly sampled subjects from the general population and 190 type 1 diabetic subjects (mean age 38+/-4 years). Coronary artery calcification (CAC) was measured using Electron beam CT. von Willebrand factor (vWF), a marker of endothelial function, and FXIIa were...
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