The effects of three factor VII polymorphisms on factor VII coagulant levels in healthy Singaporean Chinese, Malay and Indian newborns

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 951-957

  Quek, S C ^a   Low, P S ^a   Saha, N ^a   Heng, Chew Kiat ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coronary arteriosclerosis; Ethnic groups; Fetal blood; Genetics

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIAN; INTRON; MALAYSIA; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTIGENS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTOR VII; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALAYSIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33749571346     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2006.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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