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Understanding cardiovascular disease through the lens of genome-wide association studies.
Trends in genetics : TIG - 1 Sept 2009
Arking Dan E, Chakravarti Aravinda
Abstract excerpt
The past few years have seen significant advances in the identification of genetic factors that contribute to complex disease. Progress in cardiovascular diseases (CVD) has been particularly impressive, with genome-wide association studies (GWAS) leading to the identification of approximately 160 loci associated with CVD and its risk factors, many of which implicate new biological pathways. Here we focus on our...
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