The TM6SF2 rs58542926 T allele is significantly associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Chinese

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1438-1439

  Wang, Xiaoliang ^a   Liu, Zhipeng ^b   Peng, Zhihai ^a   Liu, Wanqing ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TM6SF2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAN CHINESE; HEPATITIS B; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TM6SF2 GENE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; GENETICS;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84929607311     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: 16000641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2015.01.040     Document Type: Letter

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