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Replication of a genetic risk score for venous thromboembolism in whites but not in African Americans.
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 1 Jan 2016
Folsom A R, Tang W, Weng L-C, Roetker N S, Cushman M, Basu S, Pankow J S
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UNLABELLED: ESSENTIALS: There is little prospective information on genetic risk scores to predict venous thromboembolism (VT). Community based cohort followed a median of 22.6 years for VT occurrence. A 5-SNP risk score identified whites at risk of VT, but not African Americans. The utility of genetic risk scores for VT is yet to be established. BACKGROUND: Case-control studies have created genetic risk scores of...
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