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Genomics in coronary artery disease: past, present and future.
The Canadian journal of cardiology - 1 Mar 2010
Dandona Sonny, Stewart Alexandre F R, Roberts Robert
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The past three years has seen the completion of a series of genome-wide association studies designed to identify genetic variants associated with risk for coronary artery disease (CAD) or its related phenotype, myocardial infarction (MI). The first and most robust genetic risk variant is located on chromosome 9p21.3. A series of other loci, with less prevalence and smaller population-attributable risks, were...
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