Linkage and association analysis of hyperthyrotropinaemia in an Alpine population reveal two novel loci on chromosomes 3q28-29 and 6q26-27

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 549-556

  Volpato, Claudia B ^a   De Grandi, Alessandro ^a   Gögele, Martin ^a   Taliun, Daniel ^a   Fuchsberger, Christian ^a   Facheris, Maurizio F ^a,b   Minelli, Cosetta ^a   Pattaro, Cristian ^a   Pramstaller, Peter P ^a,b,c   Hicks, Andrew A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^b Central Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACT2 PROTEIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 10A; PROTEIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME 6Q; DISORDERS OF HORMONE METABOLISM; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROTROPINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THYROID DISEASE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 79961128283     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: 14686244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2010.088583     Document Type: Article

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