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Genetic variants of coagulation factor XIII, postmenopausal estrogen therapy, and risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction.
Blood - 1 Jul 2003
Reiner Alexander P, Heckbert Susan R, Vos Hans L, Ariëns Robert A S, Lemaitre Rozenn N, Smith Nicholas L, Lumley Thomas, Rea Thomas D, Hindorff Lucia A, Schellenbaum Gina D, Rosendaal Frits R, Siscovick David S, Psaty Bruce M
Abstract excerpt
We hypothesized that possession of either of 2 functional coagulation factor XIII polymorphisms, one within subunit A (Val34Leu) and one within subunit B (His95Arg), might modulate the prothrombotic effects of estrogen and help to explain the variation in incidence of arterial thrombotic events among postmenopausal women using hormone replacement therapy. In a population-based case-control study of 955...
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