Use of functional genomics to identify candidate genes underlying human genetic association studies of vascular diseases

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 216-222

  Yang, Xia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery disease; coronary heart disease; expression quantitative trait loci; functional genomics; genome wide association study

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE;

GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOMICS; HUMANS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84862946297     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.111.232702     Document Type: Review

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