Quantitative-trait-locus analysis of body-mass index and of stature, by combined analysis of genome scans of five finnish study groups

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 117-123

  Perola, Markus ^a,b   Öhman, Miina ^a   Hiekkalinna, Tero ^b   Leppävuori, Jenni ^a   Pajukanta, Päivi ^b   Wessman, Maija ^a   Koskenvuo, Markku ^d   Palotie, Aarno ^a,b,c   Lange, Kenneth ^b   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,e   Peltonen, Leena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Gonda Genetics Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHROMOSOME 9Q; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

EID: 0034969436     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/321286     Document Type: Article

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