Contribution of haplotypes across the fibrinogen gene cluster to variation in risk myocardial infarction

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 570-577

  Mannila, Maria Nastase ^a   Eriksson, Per ^a   Lundman, Pia ^b   Samnegård, Ann ^b   Boquist, Susanna ^b   Ericsson, Carl Görran ^b   Tornvall, Per ^a   Hamsten, Anders ^a   Silveira, Angela ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fibrinogen gene cluster; Haplotypes; Myocardial infarction; SNPs

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; FIBRINOGEN; GUANINE; THYMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK;

EID: 15344343051     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH04-10-0698     Document Type: Article

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