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Is there a genetic basis for acute coronary syndrome?

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boxed-textMorgan TM et al. (2007) Nonvalidation of reported genetic risk factors for acute coronary syndrome in a large-scale replication study. JAMA 297: 1551–1561

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  2. and Senior Consultant of Scripps Clinic Division of Cardiovascular Diseases., EJ Topol is Director of Scripps Genomic Medicine, a collaboration of Scripps Health and the Scripps Research Institute,

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Patay, B., Topol, E. Is there a genetic basis for acute coronary syndrome?. Nat Rev Cardiol 4, 596–597 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio1006

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