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Genome-wide association study validation identifies novel loci for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 1 Aug 2012
Chen X, Li S, Yang Y, Yang X, Liu Y, Liu Y, Hu W, Jin L, Wang X
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BACKGROUND: Genetic variants influencing lipid levels and risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) have been identified by recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS). OBJECTIVES: To test the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) implicated in lipoprotein metabolism and CAD in GWAS with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD, including ischemic stroke [IS] and myocardial infarction [MI]...
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