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Effects of coagulation Factor VII polymorphisms on the coronary artery disease in Japanese: Factor VII polymorphism and coronary disease.
Thrombosis research - 15 Mar 2002
Shimokata Keiko, Kondo Takahisa, Ohno Miyoshi, Takeshita Kyosuke, Inden Yasuya, Iino Shigeo, Saito Hidehiko, Hirai Makoto
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the relationships among Factor VII coagulant activity (FVIIc), genetic polymorphisms of Factor VII (FVII) and coronary artery disease (CAD) in 380 unrelated Japanese individuals (mean 64 years) who underwent coronary angiography and whose cholesterol levels were within normal range. CAD subjects were defined as those in whom one of the three major coronary arteries showed >50% narrowing after...
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