Combined analysis of genomewide scans for adult height: Results from the NHLBI family blood pressure program

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-274

  Wu, Xiaodong ^a   Cooper, Richard S ^a   Boerwinkle, Eric ^b   Turner, Stephen T ^c   Hunt, Steve ^d   Myers, Richard ^e   Olshen, Richard A ^f   Curb, David ^g   Zhu, Xiaofeng ^a   Kan, Donghui ^a   Luke, Amy ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g PACIFIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Genome scan; Height; Linkage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; VARIANCE;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037368905     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200952     Document Type: Article

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