Geographic differences in allele frequencies of susceptibility SNPs for cardiovascular disease

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We hypothesized that the frequencies of risk alleles of SNPs mediating susceptibility to cardiovascular diseases differ among populations of varying geographic origin and that population-specific selection has operated on some of the...

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Main Authors: Kullo Iftikhar J, Ding Keyue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-04-01
Series:BMC Medical Genetics
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2350/12/55