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Multilocus genetic risk scores for venous thromboembolism risk assessment.
Journal of the American Heart Association - 23 Oct 2014
Soria José Manuel, Morange Pierre-Emmanuel, Vila Joan, Souto Juan Carlos, Moyano Manel, Trégouët David-Alexandre, Mateo José, Saut Noémi, Salas Eduardo, Elosua Roberto
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BACKGROUND: Genetics plays an important role in venous thromboembolism (VTE). Factor V Leiden (FVL or rs6025) and prothrombin gene G20210A (PT or rs1799963) are the genetic variants currently tested for VTE risk assessment. We hypothesized that primary VTE risk assessment can be improved by using...
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