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Aspirin resistance and a single gene.

Jefferson BK, Foster JH, McCarthy JJ, Ginsburg G, Parker A, Kottke-Marchant K, Topol EJ

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA.

This study examined the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in 4 candidate genes in a cohort of subjects with aspirin resistance. Aspirin resistance was significantly associated with genetic variation in the platelet surface adenosine 5-diphosphate receptor gene P2Y1.

Published 10 March 2005 in Am J Cardiol, 95(6): 805-8.
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