Publications by authors named "Sonia Ben Haj Khalifa"

Objectives: Insofar as platelet membrane glycoprotein (GP) polymorphisms were identified as potential risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD), we investigated the contribution of human platelet antigen (HPA)-1 (GPIIb/IIIa) and HPA-2 (GPIb/IX) alleles and haplotypes to CAD pathogenesis.

Methods: Study subjects comprised 247 middle-age CAD patients and 316 age-, gender-, and race-matched controls; HPA genotyping was performed by polymerase chain reaction with sequence specific primers.

Results: The frequencies of HPA-1b (P<.

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