Genome-wide association study in Han Chinese identifies three novel loci for human height

Human Genetics

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 681-689

  Hao, Yongchen ^a   Liu, Xuehui ^a   Lu, Xiangfeng ^a   Yang, Xueli ^a   Wang, Laiyuan ^a,b   Chen, Shufeng ^a   Li, Hongfan ^a,b   Li, Jianxin ^a   Cao, Jie ^a   Chen, Jichun ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Zhao, Liancheng ^a   Shi, Yongyong ^c   Shen, Chong ^d   Yan, Weili ^e   He, Jiang ^f   Huang, Jianfeng ^a   Gu, Dongfeng ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHINESE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME CENTER AT SHANGHAI   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN MAML2; PROTEIN ZNF 638; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS;

EID: 84878260995     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-013-1280-9     Document Type: Article

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