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Variant on 9p21 strongly associates with coronary heart disease, but lacks association with common stroke.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Oct 2009
Lemmens Robin, Abboud Shérine, Robberecht Wim, Vanhees Luc, Pandolfo Massimo, Thijs Vincent, Goris An
Abstract excerpt
Recently, genome-wide analyses revealed that variants on chromosome 9p21 are associated with myocardial infarction. We investigated whether this association was also present in a Belgian population of coronary artery disease (CAD) patients. As CAD and ischemic cerebrovascular disease (CVD) are thought to share some pathogenic pathways, we further examined the association of 9p21 with this disease. SNP rs10757278...
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