Genetic Approaches to Studying Common Diseases and Complex Traits

Pediatric Research

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 74R-77R

  Hirschhorn, Joel N ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REVIEW;

ALANINE; ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DATABASES; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MODELS, GENETIC; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; STATISTICS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 17844411239     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000159574.98964.87     Document Type: Review

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