Genome scanning and cardiovascular disease

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1361-1363

  Topol, Eric J ^a  

^a SCRIPPS TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOMOZYGOTE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LIPOPROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TECHNOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENOMICS; HUMANS;

EID: 54349116787     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.150847     Document Type: Short Survey

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