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Development and validation of a macroarray system--MutaCHIP ARTERO--for the detection of genetic variants involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.
Clinical laboratory - 1 Jan 2014
Chaykovska Lyubov, Zientara Alicja, Reser Diana, Weise Alexander, Reichert Wolfgang, Hocher Berthold
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in developed countries. The underlying mechanism is often atherosclerotic remodeling of blood vessels in organs such as heart, kidney, brain, and large arteries in case of peripheral arterial disease. Beside environmental and behavioral factors such as smoking or lack of physical activity, genetic variants in genes involved in lipid metabolism,...
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