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The common G-866A polymorphism of the UCP2 gene and survival in diabetic patients following myocardial infarction.
Cardiovascular diabetology - 15 Jun 2009
Palmer Barry R, Devereaux Courtney L, Dhamrait Sukhbir S, Mocatta Tessa J, Pilbrow Anna P, Frampton Chris M, Skelton Lorraine, Yandle Tim G, Winterbourn Christine C, Richards A Mark, Montgomery Hugh E, Cameron Vicky A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A variant in the promoter of the human uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) gene, the G-866A polymorphism, has been associated with future risk of coronary heart disease events, in those devoid of traditional risk factors and in those suffering from diabetes. We thus examined the impact of the G-866A polymorphism on 5-year survival in a cohort of 901 post-myocardial infarction patients, and the impact of...
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