A common mutation (G-455→A) in the β-fibrinogen promoter is an independent predictor of plasma fibrinogen, but not of ischemic heart disease: A study of 9,127 individuals based on the Copenhagen City Heart Study

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3034-3039

  Tybjærg Hansen, Anne ^a,b   Agerholm Larsen, Birgit ^a   Humphries, Steve E ^c   Abildgaard, Susanne ^a   Scnnohr, Peter ^b   Nordestgaard, Børge G ^a,b  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Gene; Genotype; Menopause; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030999383     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119499     Document Type: Article

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