Genome-wide scan identifies a quantitative trait locus at 4p15.3 for serum urate

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1243-1247

  Cummings, Nik ^a   Dyer, Thomas D ^b   Kotea, Navaratnam ^c   Kowlessur, Sudhir ^d   Chitson, Pierrot ^d   Zimmet, Paul ^a   Blangero, John ^b   Jowett, Jeremy B M ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^d Ministry of Health   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

genotype; quantitative trait loci; serum urate

Indexed keywords

URATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAURITIUS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLC2A9 GENE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT PROTEINS, FACILITATIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MAURITIUS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; URIC ACID;

EID: 77958465739     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2010.97     Document Type: Article

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