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Association between inflammatory gene polymorphisms and coronary artery disease in an Indian population.
Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis - 1 Jan 2009
Banerjee Indranil, Pandey Umeshwar, Hasan Omer M, Parihar Rashmi, Tripathi Vijaya, Ganesh Subramaniam
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Inflammation is one of the major components of atherosclerosis which is the underlying disorder that leads to various diseases including coronary artery disease (CAD). Genes that are involved in the inflammatory processes are therefore good candidates for the risk of CAD. Variations in the genes involved in various molecular pathways of inflammation have been implicated to exaggerated atherosclerosis...
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