FTO Is Associated with Aortic Valve Stenosis in a Gender Specific Manner of Heterozygote Advantage: A Population-Based Case-Control Study

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Cindy Thron,

Affiliation Institute for Animal Developmental and Molecular Biology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Payam Akhyari,

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Erhard Godehardt,

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Artur Lichtenberg,

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Ulrich Rüther,

Affiliation Institute for Animal Developmental and Molecular Biology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Stefanie Seehaus

* E-mail: Stefanie.Seehaus@hhu.de

Affiliation Institute for Animal Developmental and Molecular Biology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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