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Risk factor variability and coronary heart disease.
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae - 1 Jan 1990
Berg K
Abstract excerpt
Present attempts to identify genes contributing to coronary heart disease (CHD) risk focus on "candidate genes". With respect to CHD this could be any gene whose protein product is directly or indirectly involved in atherogenesis, thrombogenesis or thrombolysis/fibrinolysis. Genes that exhibit associations with absolute risk factor levels may be referred to as "level genes" to distinguish them from "variability...
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