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Coagulation gene polymorphisms as risk factors for myocardial infarction in young Indian Asians.
Cardiovascular journal of South Africa : official journal for Southern Africa Cardiac Society [and] South African Society of Cardiac Practitioners - 1 Jan 2000
Pegoraro R J, Ranjith N, Rom L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The relationship between pro-coagulant gene polymorphisms, clinical features and the risk of premature coronary heart disease (CHD) in Indian Asian subjects resident in South Africa has been investigated. METHODS: The prevalence of the beta-fibrinogen -455G/A and -148C/T, and the factor VII 10 bp 5' promoter insertion/deletion and R353Q polymorphisms were examined in 195 unrelated Indian Asian...
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