Functional Analysis of a Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Locus Implicates BCAR1 and Suggests a Causal Variant

Functional Analysis of a Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Locus Implicates BCAR1 and Suggests a Causal Variant

© 2015 American Heart Association, Inc. Background-Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis that can predict cardiovascular disease events over traditional risk factors. This study examined the BCAR1-CFDP1-TMEM170A locus on chromosome 16, associated with caroti...

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Main Authors: Boardman-Pretty, F., Smith, A., Cooper, J., Palmen, J., Folkersen, L., Hamsten, A., Catapano, A., Melander, O., Price, J., Kumari, M., Deanfield, J., Kivimäki, M., Gertow, K., Baragetti, A., Norata, Giuseppe, Humphries, S.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55575

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