Haplotypic analysis of tag SNPs of the interleukin-18 gene in relation to cardiovascular disease events: The MORGAM Project

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1512-1520

  Grisoni, Marie Lise ^a,b   Proust, Carole ^a,b   Alanne, Mervi ^c   DeSuremain, Maylis ^a,b   Salomaa, Veikko ^c   Kuulasmaa, Kari ^c   Cambien, François ^a,b   Nicaud, Viviane ^a,b   Stegmayr, Birgitta ^d   Virtamo, Jarmo ^c   Shields, Denis ^e   Kee, Frank ^f   Tiret, Laurence ^a,b   Evans, Alun ^f   Tregouet, David Alexandre ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^f QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 18;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EUROPE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITES; SMOKING;

EID: 56949108265     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.127     Document Type: Article

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