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An Association Study Identifies Two Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms on Chromosome 11q23.3 as a Risk Locus for Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Chinese Han Population.
Clinical laboratory - 1 Jan 2015
Shen Botao, Zhao Wei, Zheng Yang, Chen Xiaohui, Xu Weihong, Li Shibo
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BACKGROUND: To evaluate whether the Chinese Han population harbors genetic markers associated with risk of acute myocardial infarction (MI), which have previously been identified in other ethnic populations. METHODS: According to predefined criteria, 549 Chinese patients with acute MI and 551 Chinese subjects (controls) without a history of coronary artery disease (CAD) were selected for the study. Three...
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