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Coagulation F13A1 V34L, fibrinogen and homocysteine versus conventional risk factors in the pathogenesis of MI in young persons.
Acta cardiologica - 1 Aug 2018
Vishwajeet Vikarn, Jamwal Manu, Sharma Prashant, Das Reena, Ahluwalia Jasmina, Dogra Rupinder Kaur, Rohit Manoj Kumar
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BACKGROUND: The pathogenesis of myocardial infarction (MI) involves environmental and genetic risk factors, with the latter putatively playing significant roles in younger patients. Genetic variability in coagulation factors comprises one such group. The coagulation factor 13 subunit A (F13A1) Val34Leu polymorphism (rs5985) has yielded variable findings in literature, with no prior South Asian data. METHODS: We...
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