RTN4 and FBXL17 genes are associated with coronary heart disease in genome-wide association analysis of Lithuanian families

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 17-22

  Domarkiene, I ^a   Pranculis, A ^a   Germanas, S ^a   Jakaitiene, A ^a   Vitkus, D ^a   Dzenkeviciute V ^a   Kucinskiene Z A ^a   Kucinskas V ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary heart disease (CHD); Genome wide association study(ies) (GWAS); Transmission disequilibrium test (TDT)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ETHNICITY; FAMILY; FBXL17 GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RTN4 GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84903640001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13110160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/bjmg-2013-0026     Document Type: Article

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