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Relationship of the platelet glycoprotein PlA and fibrinogen T/G+1689 polymorphisms with peripheral arterial disease and ischaemic heart disease.
Thrombosis research - 1 Jan 2003
Smith Felicity B, Connor J Michael, Lee Amanda J, Cooke Alexander, Lowe Gordon D O, Rumley Ann, Fowkes F Gerald
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INTRODUCTION: Genetic variation in plasma fibrinogen and the platelet receptor GP IIIa locus has been independently associated with increased risks of ischaemic heart disease, but there have been few reports on the relationship with peripheral arterial disease. This study determined the risk of peripheral arterial disease and ischaemic heart disease associated with polymorphisms of fibrinogen T/G(+1689) and...
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