Tel Aviv-Heidelberg three-generation offspring study: Genetic determinants of plasma fibrinogen level

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 509-517

  Livshits, G ^a   Schettler, G ^c   Graff, E ^a   Blettner, M ^b   Wahrendorf, J ^b   Brunner, D ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

major gene; segregation analysis; transmissibility

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029901717     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960628)63:4<509::AID-AJMG1>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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