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Association of genetic variation on chromosome 9p21 with susceptibility and progression of atherosclerosis: a population-based, prospective study.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 29 Jul 2008
Ye Shu, Willeit Johann, Kronenberg Florian, Xu Qingbo, Kiechl Stefan
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OBJECTIVES: Following the recent novel finding from genomewide association studies that sequence variation on chromosome 9p21 is a genetic factor for coronary artery disease, we investigated whether the genetic variant influenced the development of atherosclerosis and its progression in a population-based, prospective study. BACKGROUND: Recently, several genomewide association studies revealed a highly...
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