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A case-control study provides evidence of association for a common SNP rs974819 in PDGFD to coronary heart disease and suggests a sex-dependent effect.
Thrombosis research - 1 Oct 2012
Zhou Jianqing, Huang Yi, Huang R Stephanie, Wang Feiming, Xu Limin, Le Yanping, Yang Xi, Xu Weifeng, Huang Xiaoyan, Lian Jiangfang, Duan Shiwei
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INTRODUCTION: Peden et al. have revealed a significant association between four new risk loci and coronary heart disease (CHD) in Europeans and South Asians. The goal of this study is to evaluate the contribution of these genetic loci to CHD risk in Han Chinese. METHODS: We recruited 161 CHD patients and 112 controls proved by angiography originated from Ningbo in the Eastern China, and performed a case-control...
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