Does a gene polymorphism predisposing to an intermediate phenotype predict the risk of disease? A lesson from CETP, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol and coronary artery disease

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1016-1017

  Kimura, Akinori ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHROMOSOME 21Q; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67649841570     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-09-0263     Document Type: Editorial

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