Genetic associations between fibrinogen and cognitive performance in three scottish cohorts

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 691-699

  Marioni, Riccardo E ^a,b   Deary, Ian J ^b   Murray, Gordon D ^a   Lowe, Gordon D O ^c   Strachan, Mark W J ^d   Luciano, Michelle ^a   Houlihan, Lorna M ^b   Gow, Alan J ^b   Harris, Sarah E ^a,d   Rumley, Ann ^c   Stewart, Marlene C ^a   Fowkes, F Gerry R ^b   Price, Jackie F ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cognition; Diabetes; Fibrinogen; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOGEN ALPHA; FIBRINOGEN BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN ALPHA GENE; FIBRINOGEN BETA GENE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SCOTTISH; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGING; ASPIRIN; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCOTLAND;

EID: 80054863896     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-011-9449-2     Document Type: Article

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