A Single Common Genetic Variant Linked To 5 Vascular Diseases
A common genetic variant in chromosome 6p24 has been implicated by genome wide studies to be associated with coronary artery disease, cervical artery dissection, migraine headache, hypertension, and fibromuscular dysplasia. Exactly how it is that this polymorphism affects the risks for so many diseases is not clear. As published in the journal Cell, this DNA …