Genetic variants that affect length/height in infancy/early childhood in Vietnamese-Korean families

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 681-690

  Kim, Han Na ^a   Lee, Eun Ju ^b   Jung, Sung Chul ^a   Lee, Jong Young ^b   Chung, Hye Won ^a   Kim, Hyung Lae ^a,b  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

childhood; FBAT; GWAS; height; infancy; stature

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAF;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MAG12 GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON RECEPTOR PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE 7 GENE; PROGENY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VIET NAM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; VIETNAM;

EID: 78049263024     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2010.88     Document Type: Article

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