Coronary heart disease risk, aspirin use, and apolipoprotein(a) 4399Met allele in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 179-180

  Shiffman, Dov ^a   Chasman, Daniel I ^b   Ballantyne, Christie M ^c   Nambi, Vijay ^c   Devlin, James J ^a   Boerwinkle, Eric ^d  

^a CELERA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; APOLIPOPROTEIN A; ISOLEUCINE; METHIONINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOW DRUG DOSE; LPA GENE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEINS A; ASPIRIN; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67749114266     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH09-01-0037     Document Type: Letter

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