Genome-wide association study identifies four genetic loci associated with thyroid volume and goiter risk

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 664-673

  Teumer, Alexander ^a   Rawal, Rajesh ^b   Homuth, Georg ^a   Ernst, Florian ^a   Heier, Margit ^b   Evert, Matthias ^c   Dombrowski, Frank ^c   Völker, Uwe ^a   Nauck, Matthias ^c   Radke, Dörte ^c   Ittermann, Till ^c   Biffar, Reiner ^c   Döring, Angela ^b   Gieger, Christian ^b   Klopp, Norman ^b   Wichmann, H Erich ^b,d,e   Wallaschofski, Henri ^c   Meisinger, Christa ^b   Völzke, Henry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPZB GENE; CHROMOSOME 16Q; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FGF7 GENE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GOITER; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THYROID GLAND;

ACTINS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GOITER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; THYROID GLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955860707     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: 15376605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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