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The macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) gene polymorphism in Czech and Russian patients with myocardial infarction.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 Apr 2009
Tereshchenko Irina P, Petrkova Jana, Mrazek Frantisek, Lukl Jan, Maksimov Vladimir N, Romaschenko Aida G, Voevoda Mikhail I, Petrek Martin
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BACKGROUND: Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a cytokine implicated in early and advanced atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to investigate whether polymorphism of MIF gene is associated with myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS: Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in MIF gene (-173G/C, rs755622) was investigated in Czech (n=219) and Russian (n=240) MI patients and population control from...
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