Genetic polymorphisms for estimating risk of atrial fibrillation in the general population: A prospective study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 742-744

  Smith, J Gustav ^a,b   Newton Cheh, Christopher ^b,c   Almgren, Peter ^a   Melander, Olle ^a   Platonov, Pyotr G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VENOUS BLOOD;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84861117402     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.786     Document Type: Article

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