Characterization of genome-wide association-identified variants for atrial fibrillation in African Americans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Delaney, Jessica T ^a   Jeff, Janina M ^b,c   Brown, Nancy J ^a   Pretorius, Mias ^a   Okafor, Henry E ^d   Darbar, Dawood ^a   Roden, Dan M ^a   Crawford, Dana C ^b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE MAP; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HAPMAP PROJECT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK;

EID: 84857512783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032338     Document Type: Article

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