Five years of GWAS discovery

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-24

  Visscher, Peter M ^a   Brown, Matthew A ^a   McCarthy, Mark I ^b,c   Yang, Jian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABATACEPT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; DACLIZUMAB; DNA; GLUCOKINASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INFLIXIMAB; INTERLEUKIN 17 ANTIBODY; NATALIZUMAB; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BONE DENSITY; BREAST CANCER; CELL POPULATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CROHN DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENTERITIS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GOLD STANDARD; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HEART DISEASE; HEIGHT; HELPER CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBID OBESITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QT INTERVAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCIENTIST; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D METABOLISM;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84862909349     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: 15376605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.11.029     Document Type: Review

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