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Thrombospondin-2 polymorphism is associated with a reduced risk of premature myocardial infarction.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Dec 2002
Boekholdt S Matthijs, Trip Mieke D, Peters Ron J G, Engelen Marc, Boer Jolanda M A, Feskens Edith J M, Zwinderman Aeilko H, Kastelein John J P, Reitsma Pieter H
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OBJECTIVE: Recently, polymorphisms in thrombospondin (THBS) genes coding for THBS-1 (N700S), THBS-2 (T>G substitution in 3'-untranslated region), and THBS-4 (A387P) genes were proposed to modulate the risk of premature coronary artery disease (CAD) or myocardial infarction (MI). It was our objective to verify this hypothesis in an independent cohort. METHODS AND RESULTS: We performed a case-control study among...
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