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A case-control study of the association between polymorphisms of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase and glycoprotein IIIa genes and upper gastrointestinal bleeding in users of low-dose aspirin.
Clinical therapeutics - 1 Jan 2008
Piazuelo Elena, Fuentes Javier, García-González María Asunción, Jiménez Pilar, Lanas Angel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have reported a potential genetic predisposition to NSAID-related upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated whether there was an association between 2 polymorphisms--the platelet glycoprotein (GP) IIIa PlA1/A2 polymorphism and the 27-bp VNTR (variable number of tandem repeats) polymorphism in intron 4 of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS)...
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