Evidence for a gene influencing the TG/HDL-C ratio on chromosome 7q32.3-qter: A genome-wide scan in the Framingham Study

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1315-1320

  Shearman, Amanda M ^a   Ordovas, Jose M ^b   Cupples, L Adrienne ^c   Schaefer, Ernst J ^b   Harmon, Michael D ^d   Shao, Yujun ^c   Keen, J Dianne ^a   DeStefano, Anita L ^c,d   Joost, Oscar ^d   Wilson, Peter W F ^d   Housman, David E ^a   Myers, Richard H ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University School of Public Health   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 20; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 7Q; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0034701934     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.9.1315     Document Type: Article

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