Association of dna methylation with age, gender, and smoking in an arab population

Clinical Epigenetics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-6

  Zaghlool, Shaza B ^a,b   Al Shafai, Mashael ^a,c,d   Al Muftah, Wadha A ^a,c,d   Kumar, Pankaj ^a   Falchi, Mario ^c   Suhre, Karsten ^a,e  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d QATAR FOUNDATION   (Qatar)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Association study; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Gender; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARAB; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING;

EID: 84927136650     PISSN: 18687075     EISSN: 18687083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13148-014-0040-6     Document Type: Article

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