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Genetics of atherothrombosis and thrombophilia.
Current atherosclerosis reports - 1 May 2010
Mälarstig Anders, Hamsten Anders
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Thrombosis in the arterial or venous vascular systems is preceded by a complex interplay between environmental and genetic factors, and it is the underlying cause of several common complex diseases. The genome-wide association approach has proved successful in identifying loci associated with cardiovascular disease and related risk factors. However, much work remains to define the culprit genes and causal...
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