Evidence for linkage of red blood cell size and count: Genome-wide scans in the Framingham Heart Study

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 605-610

  Lin, Jing Ping ^a   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^b,c,d   Jin, Li ^e   Fox, Caroline ^b   Yang, Qiong ^f   Cupples, L Adrienne ^f  

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

^b FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Genome scan; Linkage; Mean corpuscular hemoglobin; Mean corpuscular volume; Red blood cell

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROID KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN RECEPTOR; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 19; CHROMOSOME 6Q; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTES; GENOME, HUMAN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34347328077     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20868     Document Type: Article

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