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Genetic causes of myocardial infarction: new insights from genome-wide association studies.
Deutsches Arzteblatt international - 1 Oct 2010
Erdmann Jeanette, Linsel-Nitschke Patrick, Schunkert Heribert
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BACKGROUND: A positive family history for myocardial infarction (MI) is known to be a major cardiovascular risk factor. The current European guidelines therefore recommend intensified primary prevention for the siblings and children of persons who have had an MI. Although the genes underlying the heritable component of MI were largely unknown previously, the development of new molecular genetic methods, and...
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