The F7 gene and clotting factor VII levels: Dissection of a human quantitative trait locus

Human Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 561-575

  Soria, José Manuel ^a   Almasy, Laura ^b   Souto, Juan Carlos ^a   Sabater Lleal, Maria ^a   Fontcuberta, Jordi ^a   Blangero, John ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Clotting factor VII; F7 gene; Gait study; Hemostasis; Quantitative trait loci; Quantitative trait nucleotide; Thrombosis; Variance components

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; F7 GENE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644872131     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2006.0006     Document Type: Article

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