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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Ischemic Heart Disease Risk: A Mendelian Randomization Study

BACKGROUND: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has angiogenic and possibly proatherosclerotic properties. Observationally it is positively associated with cardiovascular disease, although these observations could be confounded or due to reverse causation. We assessed ischemic heart disease (I...

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Autores principales: Au Yeung, Shiu Lun, Lam, Hugh Simon Hung San, Schooling, C. Mary
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5586422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28765276
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.005619