Molecular genetics of coronary artery disease.

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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Coronary artery disease, including its most severe complication myocardial infarction, is the leading cause of death; however, its genetic studies lag behind other diseases. Many advances have recently been made, however, and these are reviewed here. RECENT FINDINGS: Positional cloning based on genome-wide linkage analysis with large families identified the first non - lipid-related...

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