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The association of ghrelin polymorphisms with coronary artery disease and ischemic chronic heart failure in an elderly Chinese population.
Clinical biochemistry - 1 Apr 2011
Zhang Qin, Huang Wei-Dong, Lv Xue-Ying, Yang Yun-Mei
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of coronary artery disease (CAD) and ischemic heart failure (IHF) with polymorphisms of the ghrelin gene in elderly Chinese patients. DESIGN AND METHODS: Fifty-six patients with ischemic heart failure, sixty patients with coronary artery disease without heart failure, and one hundred healthy control subjects participated in the study. The polymorphisms were evaluated by...
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