Chromosome 9p21.3 is associated with early-onset coronary heart disease in the Irish population

Disease Markers

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 81-85

  Meng, Weihua ^a   Hughes, Anne E ^a   Patterson, Chris C ^a   Belton, Christine ^a   Kee, Frank ^a   McKeown, Pascal P ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome 9p21.3; Coronary heart disease; Genetics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHROMOSOME 9P; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IRELAND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING;

EID: 55449093561     PISSN: 02780240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/375617     Document Type: Article

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