Genetic and environmental determinants of factor VII coagulant activity in ethnic groups at differing risk of coronary heart disease.

doi:10.1016/0021-9150(92)90186-k

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Genetic and environmental determinants of factor VII coagulant activity in ethnic groups at differing risk of coronary heart disease.

Atherosclerosis - 1 May 1992

Lane A, Cruickshank J K, Mitchell J, Henderson A, Humphries S, Green F

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It has been shown previously that individuals possessing the Gln353 allele of factor VII have significantly lower factor VIIc levels. In this population based study of Europeans, Afro-Caribbeans and Gujarati Indians, the Gln353 allele was associated with lower factor VIIc in all groups, carriers...

Topics

Africa
Alleles
Antigens
Coronary Disease
Ethnicity
Factor VII
Female
Genotype
Humans
India
Male
Middle Aged
Racial Groups
Risk Factors
Triglycerides
West Indies

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