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Glutathione S-transferase gene polymorphism as a susceptibility factor for acute myocardial infarction and smoking in the North Indian population.
Cardiology - 1 Jan 2011
Singh Neha, Sinha Nakul, Kumar Sudeep, Pandey Chandra M, Agrawal Suraksha
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OBJECTIVES: Glutathione S-transferase (GST) plays a key role in the detoxification of xenobiotic atherogens generated by smoking. We investigated whether functional GST gene polymorphism might be associated with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and smoking. No such investigation has previously been conducted among North Indians. METHODS: 230 patients with AMI and 300 healthy controls of North Indian ethnicity...
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