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Candidate gene association studies in abdominal aortic aneurysm disease: a review and meta-analysis.
European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery - 1 Jan 2008
Thompson A R, Drenos F, Hafez H, Humphries S E
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BACKGROUND: Candidate gene analysis has been frequently used in attempts to understand the pathological processes involved in many aspects of AAA disease. METHODS: This paper sets out a systems approach to reviewing AAA candidate gene analysis studies, whilst, explaining the key principles and design limitations of this universally applied technique. In addition we have performed a meta-analysis of six gene...
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