Coronary Artery Disease — Myocardial Infarction Genes (MI-GENES) Study
Citation(s)
Ding K, Bailey KR, Kullo IJ Genotype-informed estimation of risk of coronary heart disease based on genome-wide association data linked to the electronic medical record. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2011 Nov 3;11:66. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-11-66.
Kullo IJ, Jouni H, Olson JE, Montori VM, Bailey KR Design of a randomized controlled trial of disclosing genomic risk of coronary heart disease: the Myocardial Infarction Genes (MI-GENES) study. BMC Med Genomics. 2015 Aug 15;8:51. doi: 10.1186/s12920-015
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