Meta-analysis of genetic association studies supports a contribution of common variants to susceptibility to common disease

Nature Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-182

  Lohmueller, Kirk E ^a,b   Pearce, Celeste L ^c   Pike, Malcolm ^c   Lander, Eric S ^a,d   Hirschhorn, Joel N ^a,e,f  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GENE PRODUCT; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; PROTEIN ABCC8; PROTEIN DRD2; PROTEIN DRD3; PROTEIN GYS1; PROTEIN SERPINE1; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BREAST CANCER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ALLELES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PUBLICATION BIAS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037312921     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1071     Document Type: Article

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