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Ser49Gly polymorphism in the β-adrenergic receptor 1 gene in a population sample from Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, stratified by self-identified skin color and genetic ancestry.
Molecular medicine reports - 1 Jul 2015
Santos Kelly T, De Freitas Rossana G A, Manta Fernanda S N, De Carvalho Elizeu F, Silva Dayse A
Abstract excerpt
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) have the highest worldwide mortality rate of any type of disease. In recent years, genetic research regarding CVD has been conducted using association studies, in which the presence of a genetic polymorphism associated with a specific cell signaling pathway in a lower or in a higher frequency among patients may be interpreted as a possible causal factor. Genetic polymorphisms that...
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