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Association Study of rs1333040 and rs1004638 Polymorphisms in the 9p21 Locus with Coronary Artery Disease in Southwest of Iran.
Iranian biomedical journal - 1 Jan 2016
Golabgir Khademi Khadijeh, Foroughmand Ali Mohammad, Galehdari Hamid, Yazdankhah Saied, Pourmahdi Borujeni Mahdi, Shahbazi Zahra, Dinarvand Parvaneh
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a multifactorial and heterogenic disease. Recently, genome-wide association studies have reported that rs1333040 (C/T) and rs1004638 (A/T) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the 9p21 locus have very strong association with CAD. This study aimed to examine these associations in Southwest of Iran. METHODS: Blood samples were collected from 200 CAD patients and 110...
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