Are AHSG polymorphisms directly associated with coronary atherosclerosis?

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 413, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 287-290

  Muendlein, Axel ^a   Stark, Nicole ^a,c   Rein, Philipp ^a,b   Saely, Christoph H ^a,b,c   Geller Rhomberg, Simone ^a   Geiger, Kathrin ^a,c   Vonbank, Alexander ^a,b,c   Drexel, Heinz ^a,b,c,d  

^a Vorarlberg Institute for Vascular Investigation and Treatment VIVIT   (Austria)

^b Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch   (Austria)

^c PRIVATE UNIVERSITY OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN   (Liechtenstein)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AHSG gene; Angiography; Coronary artery disease; Fetuin A; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

FETUIN;

AHSG GENE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING;

ALPHA-2-HS-GLYCOPROTEIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 82955167912     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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