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Identifying genes for coronary artery disease: An idea whose time has come.
The Canadian journal of cardiology - 1 Aug 2007
Roberts Robert, Stewart Alexandre F R, Wells George A, Williams Kathryn A, Kavaslar Nihan, McPherson Ruth
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BACKGROUND: Coronary artery disease (CAD) remains the number one killer in the western world. Genetics accounts for greater than 50% of the risk for CAD. Genetic screening and early prevention in individuals identified as being at increased risk could dramatically reduce the prevalence of CAD, thus necessitating the identification of genes predisposing to CAD. Studies of genes identified by the candidate gene...
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