Polymorphisms of LTA, LGALS2, and PSMA6 genes and coronary atherosclerosis: A pathological study of 1503 consecutive autopsy cases

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 458-460

  Ikeda, Shinobu ^a   Tanaka, Noriko ^b   Arai, Tomio ^c   Chida, Kouji ^c   Muramatsu, Masaaki ^a   Sawabe, Motoji ^c  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary arteries; Genetic risk factors; Myocardial infarction; Pathology

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN 2; LYMPHOTOXIN; PROTEASOME; PROTEASOME SUBUNIT A TYPE 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; JAPANESE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; GALECTIN 2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84858703636     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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