Thromb Haemost 2006; 95(03): 589-590
DOI: 10.1160/TH05-12-0806
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Thrombospondin-4 Ala387Pro polymorphism is not associated with vascular function and risk of coronary heart disease in US men and women

Folkert W. Asselbergs
1   Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
5   Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
,
Jennifer K. Pai
1   Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2   Division of Preventive Medicine Boston, Massachusetts, USA
,
Tobias Pischon
4   Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Postdam-Rehbruecke, Germany
,
JoAnn E. Manson
1   Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2   Division of Preventive Medicine Boston, Massachusetts, USA
,
Eric B. Rimm
1   Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
3   Charming Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Financial support: Dr. F.W. Asselbergs is a research fellow of the Netherlands Heart Foundation (2003T0I0) and the Dutch Inter University Cardiology Institute Netherlands. Ms. Pai is funded by an institutional training grant (HL07575) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood institute. Dr. Pischon is a jetson Lincoln fellow, supported in part by an unrestricted grant from Lincoln.
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Received 18. Dezember 2005

Accepted after revision 26. Januar 2006

Publikationsdatum:
29. November 2017 (online)

 

 
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