Genetic Variants Associated with von Willebrand Factor Levels in Healthy Men and Women Identified Using the HumanCVD BeadChip

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 456-467

  Zabaneh, Delilah ^a   Gaunt, Tom R ^b   Kumari, Meena ^a   Drenos, Fotios ^a   Shah, Sonia ^a   Berry, Diane ^c   Power, Chris ^c   Hypponen, Elina ^c   Shah, Tina ^a   Palmen, Jutta ^a   Pallas, Jacky ^a   Talmud, Philippa J ^a   Casas, Juan Pablo ^d   Sofat, Reecha ^a   Lowe, Gordon ^a,b   Rumley, Ann ^e   Morris, Richard W ^a   Whincup, Peter H ^f   Rodriguez, Santiago ^b   Ebrahim, Shah ^d   Marmot, Michael G ^a   Smith, George Davey ^b   Lawlor, Debbie A ^b   Kivimaki, Mika ^a   Whittaker, John ^d   Hingorani, Aroon D ^a   Day, Ian N ^b   Humphries, Steve E ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human CVD BeadChip; VWF and ABO; VWF levels

Indexed keywords

VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ABO GENE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VWF GENE;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 79958789618     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2011.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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