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Iron and hepcidin as risk factors in atherosclerosis: what do the genes say?
BACKGROUND: Previous reports suggested a role for iron and hepcidin in atherosclerosis. Here, we evaluated the causality of these associations from a genetic perspective via (i) a Mendelian randomization (MR) approach, (ii) study of association of atherosclerosis-related single nucleotide polymorphi...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4498499/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26159428 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12863-015-0246-4 |