Article
Molecular diagnostics for cardiovascular disease.
Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine - 1 Aug 1998
Pang C P
Abstract excerpt
The etiology of cardiovascular diseases is known to be multi-factorial. Some forms of cardiovascular disease are influenced by unclear genetic factors but are predominantly affected by factors such as diet, obesity, cigarette smoking, diabetes mellitus and dyslipidaemia. Some are caused by specif...
Topics
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Founder Effect
- Genetic Carrier Screening
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Hyperlipidemias
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
- Sensitivity and Specificity