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Interaction between a genetic variant of the platelet fibrinogen receptor and fibrinogen levels in determining the risk of cardiovascular events.
American heart journal - 1 Jan 2004
Boekholdt S Matthijs, Peters Ron J G, de Maat Moniek P M, Zwinderman Aeilko H, van Der Wall Ernst E, Reitsma Pieter H, Jukema J Wouter, Kastelein John J P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The PlA1A2 polymorphism of glycoprotein IIIa (GPIIIa), which affects postoccupancy signaling by the platelet fibrinogen receptor IIbIIIa, has been investigated as a potential genetic risk factor for cardiovascular events in numerous studies, without consistent results. We investigated whether the effect of this genetic variant of the platelet fibrinogen receptor on the risk of cardiovascular events is...
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