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Editorial
. 2014 Feb 28;114(5):746-7.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.114.303354.

Cardiovascular twist to the rapidly evolving apolipoprotein L1 story

Martin Farrall  1
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Editorial

Cardiovascular twist to the rapidly evolving apolipoprotein L1 story

Martin Farrall. Circ Res. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; apolipoproteins; cardiovascular diseases; genetic association studies; immunity, innate.

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  • Increased burden of cardiovascular disease in carriers of APOL1 genetic variants.
    Ito K, Bick AG, Flannick J, Friedman DJ, Genovese G, Parfenov MG, Depalma SR, Gupta N, Gabriel SB, Taylor HA Jr, Fox ER, Newton-Cheh C, Kathiresan S, Hirschhorn JN, Altshuler DM, Pollak MR, Wilson JG, Seidman JG, Seidman C. Ito K, et al. Circ Res. 2014 Feb 28;114(5):845-50. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.114.302347. Epub 2013 Dec 30. Circ Res. 2014. PMID: 24379297 Free PMC article.

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