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Decreased frequencies of ABCA1 polymorphisms R219K and V771M in Hungarian patients with cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases.
Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2006
Andrikovics Hajnalka, Pongrácz Endre, Kalina Ethkos, Szilvási Anikó, Aslanidis Charalampos, Schmitz Gerd, Tordai Attila
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Genetic polymorphisms in ABC transporter A1 (ABCA1) may alter the regulation of plasma high-density lipoprotein (HDL), promoting or protecting from vascular diseases. METHODS: We investigated 244 unrelated, consecutively enrolled patients with ischemic stroke, 150 patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and 193 blood donors for allele frequencies (AFs) of three common ABCA1...
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