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Familial evidence of vasospastic angina and possible involvement of HLA-DR2 in susceptibility to coronary spasm.
Japanese circulation journal - 1 Apr 1998
Horimoto M, Wakisaka A, Takenaka T, Igarashi K, Inoue H, Yoshimura H, Miyata S
Abstract excerpt
An association between genetic factors and susceptibility to coronary spasm has not been proven. Because we encountered 7 patients with familial occurrence of vasospastic angina (VSA) in 3 families, the association of a genetic factor with coronary spasm was assumed. HLA typing as one of the genetic markers was performed in the 3 families, and the affected members in each family were found to share a HLA...
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