Genome-wide association studies for blood lipids. A great start but a long way to go

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-103

  Shyong Tai, E ^a,b   Ordovas, Jose M ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLE SIZE;

DYSLIPIDEMIAS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LIPIDS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 77957370226     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: 14736535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOL.0b013e32833851d0     Document Type: Editorial

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