Genetic and environmental sources of QT interval variability in Israeli families: The kibbutz settlements family study

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 200-209

  Friedlander, Yechiel ^a,b   Lapidos, Tyrone ^a   Sinnreich, Ronit ^a   Kark, Jeremy D ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Genetics; Heritability; Major gene; QT interval

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HEART DEATH; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIGREE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RECESSIVE GENE; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032725330     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.1999.560304.x     Document Type: Article

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