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The aggregation of coronary artery disease (CAD) within families is well established 14,13,10 and concordance rates for the disease are known to be higher in mono -than dizygotic twins, 2,3.
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Chamberlain, J.C. et al. (1990). Genetic Variation at the Lipoprotein Lipase Gene Associates with Coronary Arteriosclerosis. In: Malmendier, C.L., Alaupovic, P., Brewer, H.B. (eds) Hypercholesterolemia, Hypocholesterolemia, Hypertriglyceridemia, in Vivo Kinetics. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 285. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5904-3_32
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