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No association of polymorphisms in the gene encoding 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein and myocardial infarction in a large central European population.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Feb 2007
Koch Werner, Hoppmann Petra, Mueller Jakob C, Schömig Albert, Kastrati Adnan
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Haplotypes based on polymorphisms in the gene encoding 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein have been linked with susceptibility to myocardial infarction in Iceland and the United Kingdom. We sought to replicate these association findings in a large case-control sample from Germany. METHODS: The case group included 3657 patients with myocardial infarction and the control group comprised 1211 individuals...
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