Meta-analysis of two genome-wide association studies identifies four genetic loci associated with thyroid function

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3275-3282

  Rawal, Rajesh ^a   Teumer, Alexander ^b   Völzke, Henry ^b   Wallaschofski, Henri ^b   Ittermann, Till ^b   Åsvold, Bjørn O ^c,d   Bjøro, Trine ^e,f   Greiser, Karin H ^g,h   Tiller, Daniel ^h   Werdan, Karl ^h   Meyer zu schwabedissen, Henriette E ^b   Doering, Angela ^a   Illig, Thomas ^a,i   Gieger, Christian ^a   Meisinger, Christa ^a   Homuth, Georg ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^h MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

ⁱ HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 8B; THYROTROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

3',5'-CYCLIC-AMP PHOSPHODIESTERASES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 84864035207     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds136     Document Type: Article

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