Genetic influences on angina pectoris and its impact on coronary heart disease

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 872-877

  Zdravkovic, Slobodan ^a   Wienke, Andreas ^b   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a   de Faire, Ulf ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; HAZARD RATIO; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; TWINS;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; TWIN STUDIES;

ANGINA;

EID: 34547204501     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201846     Document Type: Article

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