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Markers of risk in young offspring with paternal history of myocardial infarction.
International journal of cardiology - 1 Jun 2003
Makris Thomas K, Hatzizacharias Antonios N, Krespi Panagiota G, Chronakis Emmanuel V, Vythoulkas John S, Maria Kouli, Tsoukala Caterina G, Votteas Vassilios V
Abstract excerpt
Coronary heart disease clusters within families, but there may be several reasons for this phenomenon to occur. A possible way to elucidate this is to study biological relatives of affected individuals. The aim of our study was thus to compare a number of clinical, metabolic, clotting and immunologic factors between offspring with paternal history of premature myocardial infarction and controls and to propose a...
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