Admixture mapping scans identify a locus affecting retinal vascular caliber in hypertensive African Americans: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Cheng, Ching Yu ^a,b,c   Reich, David ^d,e   Wong, Tien Y ^f,g   Klein, Ronald ^h   Klein, Barbara E K ^h   Patterson, Nick ^e   Tandon, Arti ^d,e   Li, Man ^a   Boerwinkle, Eric ⁱ   Richey Sharrett, A ^a,j   Linda Kao, W H ^a,j,k  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^j JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHROMOSOME 6P; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA VEIN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VENULE; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; PATHOLOGY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL VEIN; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 77952333622     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000908     Document Type: Article

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