Atherosclerosis
Volume 205, Issue 2 , Page 368 , August 2009

Authors’ reply: Lack of association of chromosome 9p21.3 genotype with cardiovascular function in persons with stable coronary artery disease: The Heart and Soul Study

  • Ramin Farzaneh-Far

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Box 0124, San Francisco, CA 94143-0124, United States. Tel.: +1 415 742 0814; fax: +1 415 376 1175.
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  • Mary A. Whooley

Received 11 March 2009

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PII: S0021-9150(09)00237-8

doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.03.026

Atherosclerosis
Volume 205, Issue 2 , Page 368 , August 2009

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