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Heritability of venous function in humans.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Jan 2004
Brinsuk Marina, Tank Jens, Luft Friedrich C, Busjahn Andreas, Jordan Jens
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Venous function contributes to the pathogenesis of thrombophlebitis, venous thrombosis, and possibly to arterial hypertension. Venous disease is presumably heritable; however, the genetic variance of venous function is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS: We determined the heritability of venous function in 46 twin pairs (24 monozygotic, age 35+/-11 years, 14 men, 34 women; 22 dizygotic, age 30+/-8 years, 19...
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