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Association study of the thrombomodulin -33G>A polymorphism with coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction in Chinese Han population.
International journal of cardiology - 28 Apr 2005
Zhao Jiangong, Zhou Xiaoyang, Huang Jianfeng, Chen Jianhong, Gu Dongfeng
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Thrombomodulin (TM) is the anticoagulant endothelial cell membrane-bound protein cofactor in the thrombin-mediated activation of protein C. Recently, conflicting data have been reported regarding the possible contribution of the TM -33G>A polymorphism to coronary artery disease (CAD) or myocardial infarction (MI) in some Asian populations. We investigated this polymorphism in northern Han Chinese....
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