Editorial: Stroke genome-wide association studies: The large numbers imperative

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 579-580

  Meschia, James F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aurvival bias; Genetics; Genomics; Meta analysis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DNA;

ALLELE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME 4; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME WIDE ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; STROKE; VALIDITY; GENETICS; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

COHORT STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; STROKE;

EID: 77950220916     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.576769     Document Type: Editorial

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