Quest for genes regulating plasma fibrinogen concentration: Still a long way to go

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1100-1101

  Hamsten, Anders ^a   Mannila, Maria Nastase ^a   Silveira, Angela ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 4; EDITORIAL; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE CONTROL; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CORONARY DISEASE; FIBRINOGEN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 20144363951     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000167519.47426.83     Document Type: Editorial

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