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Relationship between age-related macular degeneration-associated variants of complement factor H and LOC387715 with coronary artery disease.
Mayo Clinic proceedings - 1 Mar 2007
Pulido Jose S, McConnell Joseph P, Lennon Ryan J, Bryant Sandra C, Peterson Lisa M, Berger Peter B, Somers Virend, Highsmith W Edward
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether either of the gene variants associated with age-related macular degeneration is associated with coronary artery disease (CAD). PATIENTS AND METHODS: This study consisted of 493 patients who underwent clinically indicated coronary angiography between June 1, 1998, and January 1, 1999. The Y402H variant of the complement factor H (CFH) gene and the A69S variant of the LOC387715 gene...
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