Genome Wide Association Studies: Identifying the Genes that Determine the Risk of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-396

  The Aneurysm Consortium, ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARF PROTEIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2B; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GELATINASE B; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; APOPTOSIS; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME 9P; EDITORIAL; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VEIN DISEASE;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 51549108089     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.06.003     Document Type: Editorial

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