Genetic association studies: Discovery of the genetic basis of renal disease

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Verduijn, Marion ^a   Jager, Kitty J ^b   Zoccali, Carmine ^c   Dekker, Friedo W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c BIANCHI MELACRINO MORELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genetics; Nephrology

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; KIDNEY DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEPHROLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES;

EID: 80051637878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16602110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326685     Document Type: Article

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