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Peripheral artery disease and genetics: is there a cause-and-effect relationship?
Postgraduate medicine - 1 Jul 2010
Chi Yung-Wei, Jaff Michael R
Abstract excerpt
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a major health problem worldwide, affecting millions of patients. Although cardiovascular risk factors, such as diabetes, tobacco use, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia have been associated with the development of PAD, the possible existence of an inherited genetic predisposition to PAD has been investigated in numerous familial aggregation studies. A link between genetics...
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