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Association of the 894G>T polymorphism in the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene with risk of acute myocardial infarction.
BMC medical genetics - 21 May 2008
Andrikopoulos George K, Grammatopoulos Dimitris K, Tzeis Stylianos E, Zervou Sevasti I, Richter Dimitris J, Zairis Michalis N, Gialafos Elias J, Sakellariou Dimitris C, Foussas Stefanos G, Manolis Antonis S, Stefanadis Christodoulos I, Toutouzas Pavlos K, Hillhouse Edward W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: This study was designed to investigate the association of the 894G>T polymorphism in the eNOS gene with risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), extent of coronary artery disease (CAD) on coronary angiography, and in-hospital mortality after AMI. METHODS: We studied 1602 consecutive patients who were enrolled in the GEMIG study. The control group was comprised by 727 individuals, who were randomly...
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