Fine-mapping the genetic basis of CRP regulation in African Americans: A Bayesian approach

Human Genetics

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 633-642

  Rhodes, Benjamin ^a   Morris, David L ^a   Subrahmanyan, Lakshman ^a,h   Aubin, Cristin ^b   de Leon, Carlos F Mendes ^c   Kelly, Jeremiah F ^d   Evans, Dennis A ^c   Whittaker, John C ^e   Oksenberg, Jorge R ^f   De Jager, Philip L ^b,g   Vyse, Tim J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 45049083941     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-008-0517-5     Document Type: Article

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