Article
Genetic variation on chromosome 16 is associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Clinical science (London, England : 1979) - 1 Jan 1990
Powell J T, Bashir A, Dawson S, Vine N, Henney A M, Humphries S E, Greenhalgh R M
Abstract excerpt
1. There is a familial tendency to abdominal aortic aneurysms. We have followed up a previous report of a weak association between the haptoglobin 2-1 phenotype and aortic aneurysm and investigated polymorphisms of the haptoglobin gene and neighbouring cholesterol ester transfer protein gene on t...
Topics
- Aged
- Aorta, Abdominal
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Apolipoproteins
- Carrier Proteins
- Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins
- Cholesterol Esters
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Glycoproteins
- Haptoglobins
- Humans
- Male
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length