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Possible role of intronic polymorphisms in the PHACTR1 gene on the development of cardiovascular disease.
Medical hypotheses - 1 Dec 2016
Rodríguez-Pérez José Manuel, Blachman-Braun Ruben, Pomerantz Alan, Vargas-Alarcón Gilberto, Posadas-Sánchez Rosalinda, Pérez-Hernández Nonanzit
Abstract excerpt
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a complex multifactorial and polygenetic disease in which the interaction of numerous genes, genetic variants, and environmental factors plays a major role in its development. In an attempt to demonstrate the association between certain genetic variants and CVD, researchers have run large genomic wild association studies (GWAS) in recent decades. These studies have correlated...
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