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[Association of mitochondrial genome mutations with lipofibrous plaques in human aortic intima].
Patologicheskaia fiziologiia i eksperimental'naia terapiia - 1 Jan 2000
Sazonova M A
Abstract excerpt
Atherosclerosis is a basis of development for many cardiovascular diseases, which are leading causes of death among people in the 21-st century. One of possible causes of atherosclerosis may be somatic mutations of human mitochondrial genome. In order to identify mutations associated with atherosclerosis, we analyzed 42 mitochondrial mutations found in various pathologies. The subject of the study were...
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