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Early identification of cardiovascular risk using genomics and proteomics.
Nature reviews. Cardiology - 1 Jun 2010
Kullo Iftikhar J, Cooper Leslie T
Abstract excerpt
Coronary heart disease (CHD) will soon become the leading cause of death and morbidity in the world. Early detection and treatment of CHD is thus imperative to improve global health. Atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries is a complex multifactorial disease process involving multiple pathways that can be influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. With the recent advances in genomics and proteomics,...
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