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Shared and non-shared familial susceptibility of coronary heart disease, ischemic stroke, peripheral artery disease and aortic disease.
International journal of cardiology - 3 Oct 2013
Calling Susanna, Ji Jianguang, Sundquist Jan, Sundquist Kristina, Zöller Bengt
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Little is known about whether the four main manifestations of arterial vascular disease (coronary heart disease = CHD, ischemic stroke, peripheral artery disease = PAD, and aortic (i.e. atherosclerosis/aneurysm) disease = AD) share familial susceptibility. The aim of this nationwide study was to determine the familial risks of concordant (same disease in proband and exposed relative) and discordant...
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