Challenges in the phenotypic characterisation of patients in genetic studies of coronary artery disease

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 161-165

  Luo, Albert K ^b   Jefferson, Brian K ^c   Garcia, Mario J ^d   Ginsburg, Geoffrey S ^e   Topol, Eric J ^a,f  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Scripps Genomic Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE AUDIOMETRY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CALCINOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEART INFARCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CALCINOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34147181118     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2006.045732     Document Type: Review

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