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Stromelysin-1 promoter 5A/6A polymorphism is an independent genetic prognostic risk factor and interacts with smoking cessation after index premature myocardial infarction.
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 1 Sept 2005
Liu P-Y, Li Y-H, Tsai W-C, Tsai L-M, Chao T-H, Wu H-L, Chen J-H
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prognostic roles of multiple polymorphisms and smoking cessation for premature myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS: We studied 170 patients with MI onset before the age of 45 years (range 27-45 years, 84% men) and analyzed the traditional risk factors and several candidate genes' associations with their subsequent coronary events. RESULTS: Follow-up data were available for a total of...
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