Correlation of FXIII Val34Leu Polymorphism with Decreased Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Egypt
Hatem Al-Kordy A. Amin, Mohamed I. Kotb-El-Sayed, Abdullah A. Hashish, Faten M. Mohamed, Hanaa F. Abdel Aziz & Ola F. Leheta · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2013
Aim: Factor XIII is a transglutaminase that crosslinks fibrin in the last steps of the coagulation process. A few polymorphic sites have been identified in this gene, one of them being a point mutation (FXIII Val34Leu), leading to an amino acid change of valine to leucine. Severa...
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10.9734/BJMMR/2013/4730