Rationale and Design of the Leipzig (LIFE) Heart Study: Phenotyping and Cardiovascular Characteristics of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

Frank Beutner; Daniel Teupser; Stephan Gielen; Lesca Miriam Holdt; Markus Scholz; Enno Boudriot; Gerhard Schuler; Joachim Thiery

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029070

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Rationale and Design of the Leipzig (LIFE) Heart Study: Phenotyping and Cardiovascular Characteristics of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

Frank Beutner,

Affiliations Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases (LIFE), University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Daniel Teupser ,

* E-mail: teupser@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

Affiliations Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases (LIFE), University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Stephan Gielen,

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases (LIFE), University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Lesca Miriam Holdt,

Affiliations Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases (LIFE), University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Markus Scholz,

Affiliations Institute of Medical Informatics, Statistic and Epidemiology, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases (LIFE), University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Enno Boudriot,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Gerhard Schuler,

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases (LIFE), University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Joachim Thiery

Affiliations Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases (LIFE), University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Rationale and Design of the Leipzig (LIFE) Heart Study: Phenotyping and Cardiovascular Characteristics of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

Frank Beutner,
Daniel Teupser,
Stephan Gielen,
Lesca Miriam Holdt,
Markus Scholz,
Enno Boudriot,
Gerhard Schuler,
Joachim Thiery

Published: December 22, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029070

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