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Association of AHSG gene polymorphisms with fetuin-A plasma levels and cardiovascular diseases in the EPIC-Potsdam study.
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics - 1 Dec 2009
Fisher Eva, Stefan Norbert, Saar Kathrin, Drogan Dagmar, Schulze Matthias B, Fritsche Andreas, Joost Hans-Georg, Häring Hans-Ulrich, Hubner Norbert, Boeing Heiner, Weikert Cornelia
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BACKGROUND: Elevated circulating levels of fetuin-A in blood have been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The goal of our study was to prospectively investigate the potential causal nature of the association between fetuin-A levels and myocardial infarction (MI) and ischemic stroke by applying a Mendelian randomization approach. METHODS AND RESULTS: Five tagging single-nucleotide...
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