24 bp duplication of CHIT1 gene is not correlated with coronary artery disease in Corsica Island (France)

Experimental and Molecular Pathology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 490-492

  Piras, I ^a,b   Falchi, A ^b   Melis, A ^a,b   Ghiani, M E ^a   Calo C M ^a   Varesi, L ^b   Vona, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

Author keywords

CHIT1; Coronary artery disease; Corsican population

Indexed keywords

CHITOTRIOSIDASE; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHIT1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; THROMBOSIS; BLOOD; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HEXOSAMINIDASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 36048949959     PISSN: 00144800     EISSN: 10960945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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