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Haemochromatosis gene mutations and risk of coronary heart disease: a west of Scotland coronary prevention study (WOSCOPS) substudy.
Heart (British Cardiac Society) - 1 Mar 2004
Gunn I R, Maxwell F K, Gaffney D, McMahon A D, Packard C J
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OBJECTIVES: To measure the frequency of genotypes of the HFE (haemochromatosis) gene in patients recruited to the west of Scotland coronary prevention study (WOSCOPS), and relate them to the subsequent occurrence of coronary clinical events. DESIGN: Nested case-control study, drawing samples of DNA from the biological bank of a cohort study. PATIENTS: Men aged 45-64 years in 1989, with moderate...
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