Longevity is independent of common variations in genes associated with cardiovascular risk

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1100-1105

  Bladbjerg, Else M ^a,c   Andersen Ranberg, Karen ^b   De Maat, Moniek P M ^a   Kristensen, Søren Risom ^b   Jeune, Bernard ^b   Gram, Jørgen ^a   Jespersen, Jørgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c ESBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ANGIOTENSINOGEN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CELL DNA; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR; PROTHROMBIN; THROMBOCYTE RECEPTOR; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DENMARK; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0032827536     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614336     Document Type: Article

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