Genomewide scans of red cell indices suggest linkage on chromosome 6q23

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-30

  Iliadou, A ^b   Evans, D M ^a,b   Zhu, G ^b   Duffy, D L ^b   Frazer, I H ^c   Montgomery, G W ^b   Martin, N G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN RECEPTOR; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN ALPHA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME 16P; CHROMOSOME 19P; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME 7Q; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; GENOME, HUMAN; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 33846429620     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2006.043521     Document Type: Article

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