Familial aggregation and genome-wide linkage analysis of carotid artery plaque: The NHLBI family heart study

Human Heredity

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 80-89

  Pankow, James S ^a   Heiss, Gerardo ^b   Evans, Gregory W ^c   Sholinsky, Phyliss ^d   Province, Michael A ^e   Coon, Hilary ^f   Ellison, R Curtis ^g   Miller, Michael B ^a   Qaqish, Bahjat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery plaque; Genome wide scan; Heritability; Linkage analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME 18P; CHROMOSOME 21Q; CHROMOSOME 2P; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME 7P; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME 8Q; CHROMOSOME XP; CHROMOSOME XQ; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SIBLING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 2942740983     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077545     Document Type: Article

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