Pleiotropy of C-Reactive Protein Gene Polymorphisms With C-Reactive Protein Levels and Heart Rate Variability in Healthy Male Twins

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1748-1754

  Su, Shaoyong ^a   Lampert, Rachel ^b   Zhao, Jinying ^a   Bremner, James Douglas ^a   Miller, Andrew ^a   Snieder, Harold ^c,d   Lee, Forrester ^b   Khan, Durreshahwar ^a   Goldberg, Jack ^e   Vaccarino, Viola ^a,f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Vietnam Era Twin Registry   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TWINS;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TWINS;

EID: 70749128226     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.07.063     Document Type: Article

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