Method and kit for diagnosis of an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases
CA 2278303 A1 · Owner: Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno · Inventors: Kluft, Cornelis; Grobbee, Diederick Egbertus
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The invention relates to a method for indicating groups at risk of cardiovascular diseases. In particular the invention offers the possibility , of determining whether a person by smoking, has an increased risk of , cardiovascular disease on the basis of a genetic predisposition. A polymorphism has now been found which is clearly associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in smokers in contrast to non-smokers. Smokers who possess a specific allele are at appreciably greater risk than smokers who do not possess this allele.
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- Filed January 19, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 19, 2018.
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