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Haptoglobin 2 allele associates with unstable carotid plaque and major cardiovascular events.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Oct 2013
Ijäs Petra, Saksi Jani, Soinne Lauri, Tuimala Jarno, Jauhiainen Matti, Jula Antti, Kähönen Mika, Kesäniemi Y Antero, Kovanen Petri T, Kaste Markku, Lindsberg Perttu J
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OBJECTIVE: Intraplaque hemorrhages (IPH) may predispose to unstable atherosclerotic disease and its atherothrombotic complications, ischemic stroke and coronary syndromes. However, the discriminative value of IPH has been limited in histological and imaging studies suggesting that confounding factors modulate the response to IPH. We studied whether common variants of haptoglobin (Hp), which facilitates the...
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