CARDIOVASCULAR GENOMICS

CARDIOVASCULAR GENOMICS

Edited by

MOHAN K. RAIZADA, PhD

Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics,

University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL

JULIAN F. R. PATON, PhD

SERGEY KASPAROV, MD, PhD

Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences,

University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

MICHAEL J. KATOVICH, PhD

Department of Pharmacodynamics, University of Florida College of Pharmacy,

Gainesville, FL

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cardiovascular genomics / edited by Mohan K. Raizada ... [et al.]. p. ; cm. -- (Contemporary cardiology)

Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-58829-400-5 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1. Cardiovascular system--Diseases--Genetic aspects.

2. Genomics. I. Raizada, Mohan K. II. Series: Contemporary cardiology (Totowa, N.J. : Unnumbered) [DNLM: 1. Cardiovascular Diseases--genetics. 2. Cell Transplantation.

3. Gene Therapy. 4. Gene Transfer Techniques. WG 120 C267475 2005]

RC669.9.C354 2005 616.1'042--dc222004012489

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