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Genetic copy number variants in myocardial infarction patients with hyperlipidemia.
BMC genomics - 30 Nov 2011
Shia Wei-Chung, Ku Tien-Hsiung, Tsao Yu-Ming, Hsia Chien-Hsun, Chang Yung-Ming, Huang Ching-Hui, Chung Yeh-Ching, Hsu Shih-Lan, Liang Kae-Woei, Hsu Fang-Rong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease is the chief cause of death in Taiwan and many countries, of which myocardial infarction (MI) is the most serious condition. Hyperlipidemia appears to be a significant cause of myocardial infarction, because it causes atherosclerosis directly. In recent years, copy number variation (CNV) has been analyzed in genomewide association studies of complex diseases. In this study, CNV...
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