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Genes predisposing to rapid aneurysm growth.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Nov 2006
Powell J T
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The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of functional polymorphisms in promoters of the MMP-2 (-1306 C > T), MMP-3 (-1171 5A > 6A), MMP-9 (-1562 C > T), MMP-12 (-82 A > G), TIMP-1 (-372 C > T), and PAI-1 (-675 4G > 5G and -847 A > G) genes on the growth rate of small abdominal aortic aneurysms. The patients with small aneurysms were recruited from the surveillance arm of the U.K. Small Aneurysm Trial...
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