GWAS or Gee Whiz, PSAS or Pshaw: Elucidating the biologic and clinical significance of genetic variation in cardiovascular disease

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1751-1753

  Landstrom, Andrew P ^a   Ackerman, Michael J ^a  

^a Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and the Divisions of Cardiovascular Diseases an   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

CARDIAC CHANNELOPATHY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HYPERTENSION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70549084819     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.09.016     Document Type: Editorial

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