Article
Common and Rare Variant Association Study for Plasma Lipids and Coronary Artery Disease.
Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis - 1 Jan 2016
Tada Hayato, Kawashiri Masa-aki, Konno Tetsuo, Yamagishi Masakazu, Hayashi Kenshi
Abstract excerpt
Blood lipid levels are highly heritable and modifiable risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD), and are the leading cause of death worldwide. These facts have motivated human genetic association studies that have the substantial potential to define the risk factors that are causal and to identify pathways and therapeutic targets for lipids and CAD.The success of the HapMap project that provided an...
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