Coronary heart disease and genetics in epidemiologist's view.

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We are just beginning to uncover the genetic determinants of coronary heart disease. The genotype-phenotype associations are complex as a consequence of pleiotropy, variation with age, selection owing to the high lethality of the disease, and interactions between genes and with environmental factors. Nevertheless, identification of the gene variants involved in the chronic and acute processes of coronary heart...

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