The genetic architecture of liver enzyme levels: GGT, ALT and AST

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 329-339

  Van Beek, Jenny H D A ^a,b   De Moor, Marleen H M ^a,b   De Geus, Eco J C ^a,b,c   Lubke, Gitta H ^a,d   Vink, Jacqueline M ^a,c   Willemsen, Gonneke ^a,b   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a,b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam ^*  (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT); Aspartate aminotransferase (AST); Gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT); Heritability; Liver enzymes

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PROGENY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SPOUSE; TWINS; ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879605050     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-013-9593-y     Document Type: Article

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