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Frequency distribution of the G/A alleles of the beta-fibrinogen gene in the Lebanese population.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Sept 2008
Shammaa Dina M R, Sabbagh Amira S, Taher Ali T, Zaatari Ghazi S, Mahfouz Rami A R
Abstract excerpt
Fibrinogen is a plasma protein that has been reported to be associated with an increased risk of atherothrombotic diseases and venous thrombosis. The most common polymorphism that has been studied so far in different populations is the G-455-->A polymorphism in the promoter region of the beta-fibrinogen gene. We studied 160 healthy unrelated Lebanese individuals for the prevalence of -455G/G, -455G/A and -455A/A...
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