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An evaluation of inflammatory gene polymorphisms in sibships discordant for premature coronary artery disease: the GRACE-IMMUNE study.
BMC medicine - 13 Jan 2010
Brown Benjamin D, Nsengimana Jérémie, Barrett Jennifer H, Lawrence Richard A, Steiner Lori, Cheng Suzanne, Bishop D Timothy, Samani Nilesh J, Ball Stephen G, Balmforth Anthony J, Hall Alistair S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Inflammatory cytokines play a crucial role in coronary artery disease (CAD). We investigated the association between 48 coding and three non-coding single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from 35 inflammatory genes and the development of CAD, using a large discordant sibship collection...
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