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Association between promoter -1607 polymorphism of MMP1 and Lumbar Disc Disease in Southern Chinese

You-Qiang Song, Daniel WH Ho, Jaro Karppinen, Patrick YP Kao, Bao-Jian Fan, Keith DK Luk, Shea-Ping Yip, John CY Leong, Kathryn SE Cheah, Pak Sham, Danny Chan, Kenneth MC Cheung BMC Medical Genetics 2008, 9:38 (28 April 2008)

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A luteinizing hormone receptor intronic variant is significantly associated with decreased risk of Alzheimer's disease in males carrying an apolipoprotein E ε4 allele

Ryan J Haasl, M Reza Ahmadi, Sivan Meethal, Carey E Gleason, Sterling C Johnson, Sanjay Asthana, Richard L Bowen, Craig S Atwood BMC Medical Genetics 2008, 9:37 (25 April 2008)

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Effects of interacting networks of cardiovascular risk genes on the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (the CODAM study)

Marleen MJ van Greevenbroek, Jian Zhang, Carla JH Kallen, Paul MH Schiffers, Edith JM Feskens, Tjerk WA de Bruin BMC Medical Genetics 2008, 9:36 (24 April 2008)

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Association between single nucleotide polymorphisms in the mu opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) and self-reported responses to alcohol in American Indians

Cindy L Ehlers, Penelope A Lind, Kirk C Wilhelmsen BMC Medical Genetics 2008, 9:35 (23 April 2008)

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Association of limbic system-associated membrane protein (LSAMP) to male completed suicide

Anne Must, Gunnar Tasa, Aavo Lang, Eero Vasar, Sulev Kõks, Eduard Maron, Marika Väli BMC Medical Genetics 2008, 9:34 (23 April 2008)

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Genetic and functional association of FAM5C with myocardial infarction

Jessica J Connelly, Svati H Shah, Jennifer F Doss, Shera Gadson, Sarah Nelson, David R Crosslin, A Brent Hale, Xuemei Lou, Ty Wang, Carol Haynes, David Seo, David C Crossman, Vincent Mooser, Christopher B Granger, Christopher JH Jones, William E Kraus, Elizabeth R Hauser, Simon G Gregory BMC Medical Genetics 2008, 9:33 (22 April 2008)

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Heritability of cardiovascular risk factors in a Brazilian population: Baependi Heart Study

Camila M de Oliveira, Alexandre C Pereira, Mariza de Andrade, Júlia M Soler, José E Krieger BMC Medical Genetics 2008, 9:32 (22 April 2008)

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Cathepsin D SNP associated with increased risk of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Matthew T Bishop, Gabor G Kovacs, Pascual Sanchez-Juan, Richard SG Knight BMC Medical Genetics 2008, 9:31 (21 April 2008)

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Gene polymorphisms of superoxide dismutases and catalase in diabetes mellitus

Milan Flekac, Jan Skrha, Jirina Hilgertova, Zdena Lacinova, Marcela Jarolimkova BMC Medical Genetics 2008, 9:30 (21 April 2008)

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Ser80Ile mutation and a concurrent Pro25Leu variant of the VHL gene in an extended Hungarian von Hippel-Lindau family

Attila Patocs, Peter Gergics, Katalin Balogh, Miklos Toth, Ferenc Fazakas, Istvan Liko, Karoly Racz BMC Medical Genetics 2008, 9:29 (16 April 2008)

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A novel c.5308_5311delGAGA mutation in Senataxin in a Cypriot family with an autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia

Paschalis Nicolaou, Anthi Georghiou, Christina Votsi, Lefkos T Middleton, Eleni Zamba-Papanicolaou, Kyproula Christodoulou BMC Medical Genetics 2008, 9:28 (14 April 2008)

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Array-CGH in patients with Kabuki-like phenotype: Identification of two patients with complex rearrangements including 2q37 deletions and no other recurrent aberration

Ivon Cuscó, Miguel del Campo, Mireia Vilardell, Eva González, Blanca Gener, Enrique Galán, Laura Toledo, Luis A Pérez-Jurado BMC Medical Genetics 2008, 9:27 (11 April 2008)

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Minisequencing mitochondrial DNA pathogenic mutations

Vanesa Álvarez-Iglesias, Francisco Barros, Ángel Carracedo, Antonio Salas BMC Medical Genetics 2008, 9:26 (10 April 2008)

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N-acetyltransferase 8, a positional candidate for blood pressure and renal regulation: resequencing, association and in silico study

Peeter Juhanson, Katrin Kepp, Elin Org, Gudrun Veldre, Piret Kelgo, Mai Rosenberg, Margus Viigimaa, Maris Laan BMC Medical Genetics 2008, 9:25 (10 April 2008)

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Identification of a novel KCNQ1 mutation associated with both Jervell and Lange-Nielsen and Romano-Ward forms of long QT syndrome in a Chinese family

Su Zhang, Ke Yin, Xiang Ren, Pengyun Wang, Shirong Zhang, Lingling Cheng, Junguo Yang, Jing Liu, Mugen Liu, Qing Wang BMC Medical Genetics 2008, 9:24 (9 April 2008)

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Failure to replicate an association of SNPs in the oxidized LDL receptor gene (OLR1) with CAD

Joshua W Knowles, Themistocles L Assimes, Eric Boerwinkle, Stephen P Fortmann, Alan Go, Megan L Grove, Mark Hlatky, Carlos Iribarren, Jun Li, Richard Myers, Neil Risch, Stephen Sidney, Audrey Southwick, Kelly A Volcik, Thomas Quertermous BMC Medical Genetics 2008, 9:23 (2 April 2008)

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