Population-Based Genome-wide Association Studies Reveal Six Loci Influencing Plasma Levels of Liver Enzymes

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 520-528

  Yuan, Xin ^a   Waterworth, Dawn ^a   Perry, John R B ^c   Lim, Noha ^a   Song, Kijoung ^a   Chambers, John C ^d   Zhang, Weihua ^d   Vollenweider, Peter ^e   Stirnadel, Heide ^b   Johnson, Toby ^e,f,g   Bergmann, Sven ^e,g   Beckmann, Noam D ^e   Li, Yun ^k   Ferrucci, Luigi ^h   Melzer, David ^c   Hernandez, Dena ⁱ   Singleton, Andrew ⁱ   Scott, James ^j   Elliott, Paul ^d   Waeber, Gerard ^e   Cardon, Lon ^a   Frayling, Timothy M ^c   Kooner, Jaspal S ^j   Mooser, Vincent ^a   more..

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^g SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

ⁱ National Institute of Aging   (United States)

^j NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME 6; ENTEROPATHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; COHORT STUDIES; ENZYMES; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 53049090077     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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