A Genome-Wide Association Study of Circulating Galectin-3

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  de Boer, Rudolf A ^a   Verweij, Niek ^a   van Veldhuisen, Dirk J ^a   Westra, Harm Jan ^a   Bakker, Stephan J L ^a   Gansevoort, Ron T ^a   Muller Kobold, Anneke C ^a   van Gilst, Wiek H ^a   Franke, Lude ^a   Leach, Irene Mateo ^a   van der Harst, Pim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Durrer Center   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN 3; LIPID;

ABO GENE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; LGALS3 GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BLOOD; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MALE; PROCEDURES;

FEMALE; GALECTIN 3; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84867315226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047385     Document Type: Article

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