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Cardiovascular diseases and genome-wide association studies.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 18 Sept 2011
Ndiaye Ndeye Coumba, Azimi Nehzad Mohsen, El Shamieh Said, Stathopoulou Maria G, Visvikis-Siest Sophie
Abstract excerpt
Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) on cardiovascular diseases and related quantitative traits revealed numerous genetic variants, which however have been partially replicated, probably due to the heterogeneity of the clinical phenotypes and the populations studied. Even if novel biological pathways have been identified through these studies, there is still a long way until the validation of causal variants...
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