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Association of coronary artery disease with glucocorticoid receptor N363S variant.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Mar 2003
Lin Ruby C Y, Wang Xing Li, Morris Brian J
Abstract excerpt
Overweight is associated with the N363S variant in the glucocorticoid receptor (encoded by nuclear receptor subfamily 3, group C, member 1 gene: NR3C1). The present study examined whether the N363S polymorphism might also be associated with coronary artery disease (CAD). This involved 556 patients with CAD, of which 437 were analyzed, and 302 control subjects, all being of Anglo-Celtic descent residing in Sydney....
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