Autosomal genome-wide linkage analysis to identify loci for gallbladder wall thickness in Mexican Americans

Human Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-28

  Samudrala, Narahari ^a,b   Farook, Vidya S ^a   Dodd, Gerald D ^c   Puppala, Sobha ^a   Schneider, Jennifer ^a   Fowler, Sharon ^d   Granato, Richard ^d   Dyer, Thomas D ^a   Arya, Rector ^d   Almasy, Laura ^a   Jenkinson, Christopher P ^d   Diehl, Andrew K ^d   Blangero, John ^a   Duggirala, Ravindranath ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Cholelithiasis; Family study; Gallbladder disease; Mexican Americans; San Antonio Family Diabetes Gallbladder Study (SAFDGS); Variance components analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLSTONE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HERITABILITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHENOTYPE; SCORING SYSTEM; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 42649117198     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/1534-6617(2008)80[11:AGLATI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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