Coronary heart disease and genetics in epidemiologist's view.

doi:10.1016/s1357-4310(97)01027-7

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Coronary heart disease and genetics in epidemiologist's view.

Molecular medicine today - 1 May 1997

Cambien F, Poirier O, Mallet C, Tiret L

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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 fact...

Topics

Coronary Disease
Female
Genetic Linkage
Genotype
Humans
Incidence
Male
Myocardial Infarction
Phenotype
Polymorphism, Genetic
Risk Factors

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