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Molecular scanning of susceptibility genes for the development of coronary heart disease in Japanese.
Nucleic acids symposium series (2004) - 1 Jan 2004
Odawara Masato
Abstract excerpt
Genetic predisposition has been implicated in the development of coronary heart disease (CHD). We made a molecular scanning of several genetic polymorphisms to see whether they are associated with CHD in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Among several polymorphisms, only a polymorphism of paraoxonase gene was confirmed to be associated with CHD in this population. This polymorphism seems to be...
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