Not just genomewide association studies rare variants in genes not identified through genomewide association studies also contribute to hypertriglyceridemia

Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-6

  Evans, David ^a   Diemert, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Editorials; Genetic variation; GWAS; Hypertriglyceridemia genes; Mutation

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MALE;

EID: 84860862229     PISSN: 1942325X     EISSN: 19423268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.111.962548     Document Type: Editorial

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