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Genetic susceptibility to anthracycline-related congestive heart failure in survivors of haematopoietic cell transplantation.
British journal of haematology - 1 Oct 2013
Armenian Saro H, Ding Yan, Mills George, Sun Canlan, Venkataraman Kalyanasundaram, Wong Florence Lennie, Neuhausen Susan L, Senitzer David, Wang Shirong, Forman Stephen J, Bhatia Smita
Abstract excerpt
Haematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) survivors are at increased risk for developing congestive heart failure (CHF), primarily due to pre-HCT exposure to anthracyclines. We examined the association between the development of CHF after HCT and polymorphisms in 16 candidate genes involved in anthracycline metabolism, iron homeostasis, anti-oxidant defence, and myocardial remodelling. A nested case-control study...
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